Isaiah 38:12

Easy To Read Version

My home, my shepherd’s tent,\par is being pulled down\par and taken from me.\par I am finished\par like the cloth a man rolls up\par and cuts from the loom. {\cf2\super [367]} \par You finished my life in such a short time!\par

Cross References

Job 14:2

Man’s life is like a flower. He grows quickly, and then dies away. Man’s life is like a shadow that is here for a short time, and then it is gone.

Job 17:1

My spirit is broken;I am ready to give up.My life is almost gone,the grave is waiting for me.

Job 4:20

People die from dawn to sunset,\par and no one even notices.\par They die and are gone forever.\par

Job 6:9

I wish God would crush me,\par just go ahead and kill me!\par

Psalm 102:11

My life is almost finished,\par like the long shadows\par at the end of the day.\par I am like dry and dying grass.\par

Psalm 119:23

Even the leaders said bad things about me.\par But I am your servant, Lord,\par and I study your laws.\par

Psalm 31:22

I was afraid, and I said,\par “I am in a place where God can’t see me.”\par But I prayed to you, God,\par and you heard my loud prayers for help.\par

Psalm 73:14

God, I suffer all day long.\par And you punish me every morning.\par

Psalm 90:5

You sweep us away.\par Our life is like a dream,\par and in the morning,\par we are gone.\par We are like grass.\par

Isaiah 1:8

The Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem) is now like an empty tent left in a field of grapes. It is like an old house left in a field of cucumbers. It is like a city that has been defeated by enemies.”

Isaiah 13:20

But Babylon will not continue to be beautiful. People will not continue to live there in the future. Arabs will not put their tents there. Shepherds will not bring their sheep to let them eat there.

2 Corinthians 5:1

We know that \{our body\}—the tent we live in here on earth—will be destroyed. But when that happens, God will have a home for us to live in. It will not be a home made by men. It will be a home in heaven that will continue forever.

2 Corinthians 5:4

While we live in this tent (body), we have burdens and we complain. I don’t mean that we want to remove this tent (body). But we want to be clothed \{with our heavenly home\}. Then this body that dies will be fully covered with life.

Hebrews 1:12

You will fold them like a coat.\par And they will be changed like clothes.\par But you never change.\par And your life will never end.”\par \i (Psalm 102:25-27)\i0 \par

James 4:14

You don’t know what will happen tomorrow! Your life is like a fog. You can see it for a short time, but then it goes away.