who long for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.
if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,
When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he asked that he might die, saying, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
If you will treat me like this, kill me at once, if I find favor in your sight, that I may not see my wretchedness.”
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