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Summary
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
The bars of the pit
General references
Bible References
The bars of the pit
Job 18:13
The firstborn of death devoureth the members of his body; it will devour his members.
Job 33:18
He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from passing away by the sword.
Psalm 88:4
I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength:
Psalm 143:7
Answer me speedily, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, or I shall be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Isaiah 38:17
Behold, instead of peace I had bitterness upon bitterness; but thou hast in love delivered my soul from the pit of destruction; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
Jonah 2:6
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The bars of the earth closed upon me for ever: But thou hast brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.
Rest
Job 3:17
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the wearied are at rest.
Ezekiel 37:11
And he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off!
2 Corinthians 1:9
But we ourselves had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not have our trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;
General references
Isaiah 38:10
I said, In the meridian of my days I shall go to the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the rest of my years.