Isaiah 15:4
New Living Translation
4 The people of Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out;
their voices will be heard as far away as Jahaz!
The bravest warriors of Moab will cry out in utter terror.
They will be helpless with fear.
Jeremiah 48:34
New Living Translation
34 “Instead, their awful cries of terror can be heard from Heshbon clear across to Elealeh and Jahaz; from Zoar all the way to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. Even the waters of Nimrim are dried up now.
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Revelation 9:6
New Living Translation
6 In those days people will seek death but will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them!
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Jonah 4:8
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8 And as the sun grew hot, God arranged for a scorching east wind to blow on Jonah. The sun beat down on his head until he grew faint and wished to die. “Death is certainly better than living like this!” he exclaimed.
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Jonah 4:3
New Living Translation
3 Just kill me now, Lord! I’d rather be dead than alive if what I predicted will not happen.”
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Jeremiah 20:18
New Living Translation
18 Why was I ever born?
My entire life has been filled
with trouble, sorrow, and shame.
Jeremiah 8:3
New Living Translation
3 And the people of this evil nation who survive will wish to die rather than live where I will send them. I, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!
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Isaiah 16:8-9
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8 The farms of Heshbon are abandoned;
the vineyards at Sibmah are deserted.
The rulers of the nations have broken down Moab—
that beautiful grapevine.
Its tendrils spread north as far as the town of Jazer
and trailed eastward into the wilderness.
Its shoots reached so far west
that they crossed over the Dead Sea.[a]
9 So now I weep for Jazer and the vineyards of Sibmah;
my tears will flow for Heshbon and Elealeh.
There are no more shouts of joy
over your summer fruits and harvest.
Footnotes
- 16:8 Hebrew the sea.
Job 7:15-16
New Living Translation
15 I would rather be strangled—
rather die than suffer like this.
16 I hate my life and don’t want to go on living.
Oh, leave me alone for my few remaining days.
Job 3:20-22
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20 “Oh, why give light to those in misery,
and life to those who are bitter?
21 They long for death, and it won’t come.
They search for death more eagerly than for hidden treasure.
22 They’re filled with joy when they finally die,
and rejoice when they find the grave.
1 Kings 19:4
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4 Then he went on alone into the wilderness, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died.”
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Judges 11:20
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20 But King Sihon didn’t trust Israel to pass through his land. Instead, he mobilized his army at Jahaz and attacked them.
Joshua 13:18
New Living Translation
18 Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
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