Verse 6

In those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will desire to die, but death will flee from them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 8:3 : 3 Death will be preferred to life by all the survivors who remain from this evil family, in all the places where I have driven them, declares the LORD of Hosts.
  • Rev 6:16 : 16 And they said to the mountains and the rocks, 'Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!'
  • Job 7:15-16 : 15 I prefer strangling and death rather than this body of mine. 16 I despise my life; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
  • Isa 2:19 : 19 People will go into caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, fleeing from the terror of the Lord and the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to terrify the earth.
  • 2 Sam 1:9 : 9 He said to me, 'Please stand over me and kill me, for I am in agony and my life still lingers in me.'
  • Job 3:20-22 : 20 Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter in soul? 21 To those who long for death, but it does not come, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures. 22 Who rejoice exceedingly and are glad when they find the grave.
  • Hos 10:8 : 8 The high places of wickedness will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel. Thorns and thistles will grow over their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, 'Cover us!' and to the hills, 'Fall on us!
  • Luke 23:30 : 30 Then they will say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Cover us!'
  • John 4:8-9 : 8 (For his disciples had gone into the city to buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.