They are very happy when they get to the grave.
But the wicked will not be able to see, so they will not escape. Their only hope will be to die.”
The dirt in the valley seems sweet to them. Everybody follows after them, and many people go before them.
They want to die, but death does not come. They search for death more than for hidden treasure.
They cannot see where they are going. God has hidden the road ahead.
Then I would have this comfort and be glad even in this unending pain, because I would know I did not reject the words of the Holy One.
“How I wish that I might have what I ask for and that God would give me what I hope for.
My throat prefers to be choked; my bones welcome death.
I decided that the dead are better off than the living.
But those who have never been born are better off still; they have not seen the evil that is done here on earth.
I will force the people of Judah to leave their homes and their land. Those of this evil family who are not dead will wish they were, says the Lord All-Powerful.’
