If only he would go ahead and kill me!

and the punishment which I am going to bring on Jerusalem will not come until after your death. I will let you die in peace." The men returned to King Josiah with this message.

Good people die, and no one understands or even cares. But when they die, no calamity can hurt them.

They have no hope of escaping from darkness, for somewhere a sword is waiting to kill them,

The lamp in their tents will be darkened.

They will be driven out of the land of the living, driven from light into darkness.

God has blocked the way, and I can't get through; he has hidden my path in darkness.

It has grown so dark that you cannot see, and a flood overwhelms you.