9 This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery: 10 I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.” 11 I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.
Isaiah 38:9–11
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