Zechariah 1:5

Easy To Read Version

God said, “Your ancestors are gone. And those prophets did not live forever.

Cross References

2 Kings 13:14

Elisha became sick. Later, Elisha died from this sickness. Jehoash, king of Israel, went to visit Elisha. Jehoash cried for Elisha. Jehoash said, “My father, my father! Is it time for the chariot of Israel and its horses [155] ?”

2 Kings 13:20

Elisha died, and the people buried him.

Psalm 90:10

We live maybe 70 years.\par And if we are strong, maybe 80 years.\par Our lives are filled with hard work and pain.\par Then suddenly, our lives are finished!\par And we fly away.\par

Ecclesiastes 1:4

People live and people die. But the earth continues forever.

Ecclesiastes 12:5

You will be afraid of high places. You will be afraid of tripping over every small thing in your path. Your hair will become white like the flowers on an almond tree. You will drag yourself along like a grasshopper when you walk. You will lose your desire \{to live\}. {\cf2\super [45]} And then you will go to your eternal home (the grave). The mourners {\cf2\super [46]} will gather in the streets \{as they carry your body to the grave\}.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Your body came from the earth.\par And when you die,\par your body will go back to the earth.\par But your spirit came from God.\par And when you die,\par your spirit will go back to God.\par

Jeremiah 36:28

“Jeremiah, get another scroll. {\cf2\super [316]} Write all the messages on it that were on the first scroll. That is the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah burned.

Lamentations 5:7

Our ancestors sinned against you.\par Now they are dead.\par Now we are suffering because of their sins.\par

John 8:52

The Jews said to Jesus, “Now we know that you have a demon {\cf2\super [143]} in you! Even Abraham {\cf2\super [144]} and the prophets {\cf2\super [145]} died. But you say, ‘The person that obeys my teaching will never die.’

Acts 13:36

David did God’s will during the time he lived. Then he died and was buried like all his ancestors. And his body did rot in the grave!

Hebrews 9:27

Every person must die once. After a person dies, he is judged.

1 Samuel 25:1

Samuel died. All the Israelites met together and showed their sadness about Samuel’s death. They buried Samuel at his home in Ramah. Then David moved to the Desert of Paran.