Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Life » Of the spirit » Weariness of
I will give free expression to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
When the sun came up God prepared a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he fainted and he wished to die, and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
Verse Concepts
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth [these insolent wives of Esau]. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”
“Why is the light given to him who is in misery,
And life to the bitter in soul,
“What strength do I have left, that I should wait [and hope]?
And what is ahead of me, that I should be patient and endure?
So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun caused me only great sorrow; because all is futility and chasing after the wind.
Verse Concepts
Then I returned and considered all the oppressions that are practiced under the sun: And I beheld the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they [too] had no comforter. So I praised and thought more fortunate those who have been long dead than the living, who are still alive.