Job 17:16

Will it go down to the barred gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?"

Job 3:17-19

There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.

Jonah 2:6

I went down to the very bottoms of the mountains; the gates of the netherworld barred me in forever; but you brought me up from the Pit, O Lord, my God.

Job 18:13-14

It eats away parts of his skin; the most terrible death devours his limbs.

Job 33:18-28

He spares a person's life from corruption, his very life from crossing over the river.

Psalm 88:4-8

They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man,

Psalm 143:7

Answer me quickly, Lord! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.

Isaiah 38:17-18

"Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.

Ezekiel 37:11

Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying, 'Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.'

2 Corinthians 1:9

Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.

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Summary

They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

General references

Bible References

The bars of the pit

Job 18:13
It eats away parts of his skin; the most terrible death devours his limbs.
Job 33:18
He spares a person's life from corruption, his very life from crossing over the river.
Psalm 88:4
They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man,
Psalm 143:7
Answer me quickly, Lord! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.
Isaiah 38:17
"Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.
Jonah 2:6
I went down to the very bottoms of the mountains; the gates of the netherworld barred me in forever; but you brought me up from the Pit, O Lord, my God.

Rest

Job 3:17
There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.
Ezekiel 37:11
Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying, 'Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.'
2 Corinthians 1:9
Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.

General references

Isaiah 38:10
"I thought, 'In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.'

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