Finally, the woman died.
Generations come, and generations go, but the earth lasts forever.
The living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything. There is no more reward for the dead when the memory of them has faded.
and so did the third. In the same way all seven brothers married the widow, died, and left no children.
Now, when the dead come back to life, whose wife will she be? The seven brothers had married her.”
People die once, and after that they are judged.
That whole generation had joined their ancestors in death. So another generation grew up after them. They had no personal experience with the Lord or with what he had done for Israel.
