Revelation 9:6

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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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  • 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.

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    3Out of the smoke, locusts came down to the earth, and they were given power like that of scorpions on the earth.

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    5They were not allowed to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone.

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    7The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were something like crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces.

  • Job 3:21-22
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    21To those who long for death, but it does not come, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures.

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    10They had tails with stingers like scorpions, and in their tails, they had power to harm people for five months.

  • Rev 6:8
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    8I looked, and there was a pale green horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades followed closely with him. They were given authority over a fourth of the earth to kill with sword, with famine, with plague, and by the beasts of the earth.

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  • Rev 16:9
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    9They were scorched by the intense heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues. But they refused to repent and glorify him.

  • Jer 42:16-17
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    16then the sword that you fear will overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine you worry about will follow close behind you to Egypt, and there you will die.

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    24Then they will go out and look at the dead bodies of those who rebelled against Me; their worm will not die, their fire will not be quenched, and they will be abhorrent to all mankind.

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    9If ten men are left in one house, they too will die.

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    46Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.

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    6Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned; no one will cut themselves or shave their heads for them in mourning.

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    3Death 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.

  • Amos 8:12-13
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    12They will wander from sea to sea and from north to east; they will roam about seeking the word of the Lord, but they will not find it.

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    25Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but there will be none.

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  • Rev 6:16
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