6 If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.
Job 3:6
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Jeremiah 20:13–15
13 Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of evildoers. 14 Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed. 15 Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,”…
Job 36:19–21
19 Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress? 20 Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes. 21 Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.
Job 3:9–11
9 May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn. 10 For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes. 11 Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
Sirach 28:20–22
20 For its yoke is a yoke of iron, and its bands are bands of brass. (WEB) 21 Its death is an evil death, and Hades is better than it. (WEB) 22 It will not have rule over godly men. They will not be burned in its flame. (WEB)
2 Baruch 46:1–3
1 And my son and the elders of the people answered and said unto me: 'Has the Mighty One humiliated us to such a degree As to take thee from us quickly? (2BA) 2 And truly we shall be in darkness, And there shall be no light to the people who are left (2BA) 3 For where again shal… (2BA)
Job 10:18–20
18 Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me! 19 If only I had never come to be, but had been carried from the womb to the grave. 20 Are my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,
2 Baruch 10:11–13
11 And do ye, O heavens, withhold your dew, And open not the treasuries of rain: (2BA) 12 And do thou, O sun, withhold the light of thy rays. And do thou, O moon, extinguish the multitude of thy light; For why should light rise again Where the light of Zion is darkened? (2BA) 13 An… (2BA)
2 Esdras 7:38–40
38 Look on this side and on that. Here is delight and rest, and there fire and torments.’ Thus he will speak to them in the day of judgment. (WEB) 39 This is a day that has neither sun, nor moon, nor stars, (WEB) 40 neither cloud, nor thunder, nor lightning, neither wind, nor water… (WEB)
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