Jonah 4:3
So now, LORD, kill me instead, because I would rather die than live!”
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- 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 while he went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He went and sat down under a shrub and asked the LORD to take his life:“I’ve had enough! Now, O LORD, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.”
- Eccl 7:1 : 1 Life is Brief and Death is Certain! A good reputation is better than precious perfume; likewise, the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth.
- Job 6:8-9 : 8 A Cry for Death“Oh that my request would be realized, and that God would grant me what I long for! 9 And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill me.
- Job 7:15-16 : 15 so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life. 16 I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!
- Jer 20:14-18 : 14 Cursed be the day I was born! May that day not be blessed when my mother gave birth to me. 15 Cursed be the man who made my father very glad when he brought him the news that a baby boy had been born to him! 16 May that man be like the cities that the LORD destroyed without showing any mercy. May he hear a cry of distress in the morning and a battle cry at noon. 17 For he did not kill me before I came from the womb, making my pregnant mother’s womb my grave forever. 18 Why did I ever come forth from my mother’s womb? All I experience is trouble and grief, and I spend my days in shame.
- Jonah 4:8 : 8 When the sun began to shine, God sent a hot east wind. So the sun beat down on Jonah’s head, and he grew faint. So he despaired of life, and said,“I would rather die than live!”
- 1 Cor 9:15 : 15 But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than– no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!
- Phil 1:21-25 : 21 For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain. 22 Now if I am to go on living in the body, this will mean productive work for me, yet I don’t know which I prefer: 23 I feel torn between the two, because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far, 24 but it is more vital for your sake that I remain in the body. 25 And since I am sure of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for the sake of your progress and joy in the faith,
- Job 3:20-21 : 20 Longing for Death“Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter, 21 to those who wait for death that does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasures,
- Num 11:15 : 15 But if you are going to deal with me like this, then kill me immediately. If I have found favor in your sight then do not let me see my trouble.”
- Num 20:3 : 3 The people contended with Moses, saying,“If only we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!
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4while he went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He went and sat down under a shrub and asked the LORD to take his life:“I’ve had enough! Now, O LORD, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.”
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2He prayed to the LORD and said,“Oh, LORD, this is just what I thought would happen when I was in my own country. This is what I tried to prevent by attempting to escape to Tarshish!– because I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in mercy, and one who relents concerning threatened judgment.
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15so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life.
16I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!
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15But if you are going to deal with me like this, then kill me immediately. If I have found favor in your sight then do not let me see my trouble.”
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4The LORD said,“Are you really so very angry?”
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8When the sun began to shine, God sent a hot east wind. So the sun beat down on Jonah’s head, and he grew faint. So he despaired of life, and said,“I would rather die than live!”
9God said to Jonah,“Are you really so very angry about the little plant?” And he said,“I am as angry as I could possibly be!”
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9He said to me,‘Stand over me and finish me off! I’m very dizzy, even though I’m still alive.’
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13Turn your angry gaze away from me, so I can be happy before I pass away.
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8A Cry for Death“Oh that my request would be realized, and that God would grant me what I long for!
9And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill me.
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20Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,
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3The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.
4I called on the name of the LORD,“Please LORD, rescue my life!”
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14So they cried out to the LORD,“Oh, please, LORD, don’t let us die on account of this man! Don’t hold us guilty of shedding innocent blood. After all, you, LORD, have done just as you pleased.”
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14Why do I put myself in peril, and take my life in my hands?
15Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!
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1An Appeal for Revelation“I am weary of my life; I will complain without restraint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
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20ר(Resh) Look, O LORD! I am distressed; my stomach is in knots! My heart is pounding inside me. Yes, I was terribly rebellious! Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children; Inside the house death is present.
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15What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.
16O Lord, your decrees can give men life; may years of life be restored to me. Restore my health and preserve my life.’
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3You threw me into the deep waters, into the middle of the sea; the ocean current engulfed me; all the mighty waves you sent swept over me.
4I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple!
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1My spirit is broken, my days have faded out, the grave awaits me.
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3Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.
4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.
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4Relent, LORD, rescue me! Deliver me because of your faithfulness!
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9Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.
10For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle.
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13when they prayed:“Have mercy on me, LORD! See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, O one who can snatch me away from the gates of death!
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4My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me.
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18An Appeal for Relief“Why then did you bring me out from the womb? I should have died and no eye would have seen me!
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4As for me, I said:“O LORD, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you!
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9Obadiah said,“What sin have I committed that you are ready to hand your servant over to Ahab for execution?
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3For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol.
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13The Possibility of Another Life“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!
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23I know that you are bringing me to death, to the meeting place for all the living.
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4“O LORD, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass!
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13Please be willing, O LORD, to rescue me! O LORD, hurry and help me!
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3Look at me! Answer me, O LORD my God! Revive me, or else I will die!
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10“I thought,‘In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.’
11“I thought,‘I will no longer see the LORD in the land of the living, I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world.
12My dwelling place is removed and taken away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth; from the loom he cuts me off. You turn day into night and end my life.
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21And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone.”
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12He said to them,“Pick me up and throw me into the sea so that the sea will calm down for you, because I know it’s my fault you are in this severe storm.”
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5I cry out to you, O LORD; I say,“You are my shelter, my security in the land of the living.”
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18So I said,“My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of deliverance from the LORD.”
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20But now please listen, your royal Majesty, and grant my plea for mercy. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan, the royal secretary. If you do, I will die there.”
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10Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!