Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Life » Of the spirit » Weariness of
"I am disgusted with living, so I'm going to talk about my complaint freely. I'll speak out from the bitterness of my soul.
When the sun rose, God prepared a harsh east wind. The sun beat down on Jonah's head, he became faint, and he begged to die. "It is better for me to die than to live!" he said.
My days pass as swiftly as a hand-loom; they come to their conclusion without hope.
Rebekah also told herself, "Heth's daughters are making me tired of living. If Jacob marries one of Heth's daughters, and she turns out to be just like these other local women, what kind of life would there be left for me?"
"Do I have the strength to wait? And why should I be patient?
So I hated life, because whatever is done on earth causes me trouble it's all pointless, like chasing after the wind.
Next I turned to consider all kinds of oppression that exists on earth. Look at the tears of the oppressed there is no one to comfort them. Power is on the side of their oppressors; so they have no comforters. So I commended the dead who had already died as being happier than the living who are still alive.