Verse 34

For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s pain.”

Referenced Verses

• Esth 8:6 : 6 For how can I watch the calamity that will befall my people, and how can I watch the destruction of my relatives?”
• Job 31:29 : 29 If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him–
• Ps 116:3 : 3 The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.
• Ps 119:143 : 143 Distress and hardship confront me, yet I find delight in your commands.
• Jer 52:10-11 : 10 The king of Babylon had Zedekiah’s sons put to death while Zedekiah was forced to watch. He also had all the nobles of Judah put to death there at Riblah. 11 He had Zedekiah’s eyes put out and had him bound in chains. Then the king of Babylon had him led off to Babylon and he was imprisoned there until the day he died.
• Exod 18:8 : 8 Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to Egypt for Israel’s sake, and all the hardship that had come on them along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.
• 1 Sam 2:33-34 : 33 Any man of yours that I do not cut off from my altar, I will cause his eyes to fail and will cause him grief. All of those born to your family will die by the sword of man. 34 This will be a confirming sign for you that will be fulfilled through your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: in a single day they both will die!
• 2 Chr 34:28 : 28 ‘Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place and its residents.’”’” Then they reported back to the king.