Job 18:20
Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.
BSB
ASV
They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.
KJV
They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
In his days the last shall be astonied, and horror shall seize on the first. For he will then let himself loose against the righteous with such a measure of iniquity, that even the hearts of the very Elect shall be struck with no small consternation. Whence it is written, Insomuch that if it were possible, they shall deceive the very Elect. Which, clearly, is said, not because the Elect shall fall, but because they shall tremble with terrible alarms.
In this he seems, all along, to have an eye to Job's complaints of the miserable condition he was in, that he was in the dark, bewildered, ensnared, terrified, and hastening out of the world. "This," says Bildad, "is the condition of a wicked man; and therefore thou art one." Second Address of Eliphaz.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Psalms 37:13but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.
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The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
And this is the interpretation of the message: MENE means that God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
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Luke 19:42and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
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If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,