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Psalm 49:19

God's Word

he must join the generation of his ancestors, who will never see light ⌞again⌟.

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But you will die in peace and be buried at a very old age.

Baasha lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah succeeded him as king.

to turn their souls away from the pit and to enlighten them with the light of life.

You have rescued me from death. You have kept my feet from stumbling so that I could walk in your presence, in the light of life.

Then the dust ⌞of mortals⌟ goes back to the ground as it was before, and the breath of life goes back to God who gave it.

Who knows whether a human spirit goes upward or whether an animal spirit goes downward to the earth?

Then the king told his servants, ‘Tie his hands and feet, and throw him outside into the darkness. People will cry and be in extreme pain there.’

The citizens of that kingdom will be thrown outside into the darkness. People will cry and be in extreme pain there.”

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! I will demand your life from you tonight! Now who will get what you’ve accumulated?’

Their shame is like the foam on the wild waves of the sea. They are wandering stars for whom gloomy darkness is kept forever.