Isaiah 38:13

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 51:8 : 8 Grant me the ultimate joy of being forgiven! May the bones you crushed rejoice!
  • Dan 6:24 : 24 The king gave another order, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the lions’ den– they, their children, and their wives. They did not even reach the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
  • Hos 5:14 : 14 The Lion Will Carry Israel Off Into Exile I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear them to pieces, then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them!
  • 1 Cor 11:30-32 : 30 That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead. 31 But if we examined ourselves, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.
  • 1 Kgs 13:24-26 : 24 So the prophet from Judah travelled on. Then a lion attacked him on the road and killed him.There was his body lying on the road, with the donkey standing next to it, and the lion just standing there by the body. 25 Then some men came passing by and saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing next to the body. They went and reported what they had seen in the city where the old prophet lived. 26 When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news, he said,“It is the prophet who rebelled against the LORD. The LORD delivered him over to the lion and it tore him up and killed him, in keeping with the LORD’S message that he had spoken to him.”
  • 1 Kgs 20:36 : 36 So the prophet said to him,“Because you have disobeyed the LORD, as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you.” When he left him, a lion attacked and killed him.
  • Job 10:16-17 : 16 If I lift myself up, you hunt me as a fierce lion, and again you display your power against me. 17 You bring new witnesses against me, and increase your anger against me; relief troops come against me.
  • Job 16:12-14 : 12 I was in peace, and he has shattered me. He has seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target; 13 his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground. 14 He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.
  • Ps 39:10 : 10 Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!
  • Ps 50:22 : 22 Carefully consider this, you who reject God! Otherwise I will rip you to shreds and no one will be able to rescue you.

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