He does not expect to escape from darkness; he is destined for the sword.
While he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. So the king said, “Look! This evil is from Adonai—why should I wait for Adonai any longer?”
He wanders about for bread— ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is at hand.
He will not escape from the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and he will depart by the breath of His mouth.
then you should fear the sword for yourselves; for wrath brings the punishments of the sword— so that you may know judgment!”
If his children increase— it is for the sword. His offspring will never have enough to eat.
He spares his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
But if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword, and die without knowledge.
“What is my strength, that I should hope? What is my end, that I should endure?
Even if I called and He answered me, I would not believe that He would listen to my voice.
After tossing the silver into the Temple sanctuary, he left. Then he went off and hanged himself.