Shall I ransomthem from the powerof Sheol?Shall I redeemthem from death?O Death,whereare your thorns?O Sheol,whereis your sting?Compassionwill be hiddenfrom My sight.
Then let him be graciousto him, and say,'Deliverhim from goingdownto the pit,I have founda ransom';
"In his necklodgesstrength,And dismayleapsbeforehim.
For You will not abandonmy soulto Sheol;Norwill You allowYour HolyOneto undergodecay.
O LORD,You have broughtup my soulfrom Sheol;You have keptme alive,that I would not godownto the pit.
But Godwill redeemmy soulfrom the powerof Sheol,For He will receiveme. Selah.
Do not be afraidwhena manbecomesrich,Whenthe gloryof his houseis increased;
You whohave shownme manytroublesand distressesWill reviveme again,And will bringme up againfrom the depthsof the earth.
For Your lovingkindnesstowardme is great,And You have deliveredmy soulfrom the depthsof Sheol.
He will swallowup deathfor alltime,And the LordGODwill wipetearsawayfrom allfaces,And He will removethe reproachof His peoplefrom allthe earth;For the LORDhas spoken.
Your deadwill live;Their corpseswill rise.You who liein the dust,awakeand shoutfor joy,For your dew[is as] the dewof the dawn,And the earthwill givebirthto the departedspirits.
"You who have forsakenMe," declaresthe LORD,"You keep goingbackward.So I will stretchout My handagainstyou and destroyyou; I am tiredof relenting!
But let that manbe like the citiesWhichthe LORDoverthrewwithoutrelenting,And let him hearan outcryin the morningAnd a shoutof alarmat noon;
Thussaysthe LORD,Who givesthe sunfor lightby dayAnd the fixedorderof the moonand the starsfor lightby night,Who stirsup the seaso that its wavesroar;The LORDof hostsis His name:
Then He saidto me, "Prophesyto the breath,prophesy,sonof man,and sayto the breath,'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Comefrom the fourwinds,O breath,and breatheon theseslain,that they cometo life."'"
"He will reviveus aftertwo days;He will raiseus up on the thirdday,That we may livebeforeHim.
Though the prideof Israeltestifiesagainsthim, Yet they have not returnedto the LORDtheir God,Norhave they soughtHim, for allthis.
"For I, the LORD,do not change;therefore you, O sonsof Jacob,are not consumed.
"Godis not a man,that He should lie,Nora sonof man,that He should repent;Has He said,and will He not doit? Or has He spoken,and will He not makeit good?
For iftheir rejectionis the reconciliationof the world,whatwill [their] acceptancebe but lifefrom the dead?
for the giftsand the callingof Godare irrevocable.
For indeedwhile we are in thistent,we groan,being burdened,becausewe do not wantto be unclothedbut to be clothed,sothat what is mortalwill be swallowedup by life.
whowill transformthe bodyof our humble stateinto conformitywith the bodyof His glory,by the exertionof the power that He hasevento subjectall thingsto Himself.
For ifwe believethat Jesusdiedand rose again,evensoGodwill bringwith Him thosewho have fallen asleepin Jesus.
Everygoodthing givenand everyperfectgiftis from above,coming downfrom the Fatherof lights,with whomthereis novariationorshiftingshadow.
And the seagaveup the deadwhich were in it, and deathand Hadesgaveup the deadwhich were in them; and they were judged,every one[of them] accordingto their deeds.
and He will wipe awayeverytearfrom their eyes;and there will nolongerbe [any] death;there will nolongerbe [any] mourning,orcrying,orpain;the first thingshave passed away."
I looked,and behold,an ashenhorse;and he who saton it had the nameDeath;and Hadeswas followingwith him. Authoritywas givento them overa fourthof the earth,to killwith swordand with famineand with pestilenceand by the wild beastsof the earth.
"Alsothe Gloryof Israelwill not lieor changeHis mind;for He is not a manthat He should changeHis mind."
