Then she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your handmaid was asleep. She laid him at her breast and laid her dead child at my breast.
Job 24:17 - Tree of Life Version For to all of them, morning is as thick darkness; they are familiar with the terrors of thick darkness. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: If one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For midnight is morning to all of them; for they are familiar with the terrors of deep darkness. American Standard Version (1901) For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness. Common English Bible Deep darkness is morning to them because they recognize the horror of darkness. Catholic Public Domain Version If sunrise should suddenly appear, it is treated by them like the shadow of death; and they walk in darkness, as if in light. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If the morning suddenly appear, it is to them the shadow of death: and they walk in darkness as if it were in light. |
Then she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your handmaid was asleep. She laid him at her breast and laid her dead child at my breast.
Terrifying sounds are in his ears; in a time of peace, marauders attack him.
May darkness and deep gloom reclaim it; may a cloud settle over it; may whatever blackens the day terrify it.
that it would take hold of the corners of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?
As often as it passes through, it will seize you—morning by morning, by day and by night passing through. It will be sheer terror to understand the message.’”
As a thief is shamed when caught, so the house of Israel is shamed— they, their kings, their princes, their kohanim and their prophets.