3 Freely I have received thy grace, I shall live thereby: (ODE) 4 My persecutors will come and not see me: (ODE) 5 A cloud of darkness shall fall on their eyes; and an air of thick gloom shall darken them: (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 5:3–5
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Job 5:13–15
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Job 11:19–20
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Job 22:10–12
10 Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you; 11 it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you. 12 Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
Wisdom of Solomon 16:14–16
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Lamentations 3:43–45
43 You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity. 44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through. 45 You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.
2 Esdras 2:28–30
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2 Baruch 46:1–3
1 And my son and the elders of the people answered and said unto me: 'Has the Mighty One humiliated us to such a degree As to take thee from us quickly? (2BA) 2 And truly we shall be in darkness, And there shall be no light to the people who are left (2BA) 3 For where again shal… (2BA)
Romans 11:9–11
9 And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them. 10 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.” 11 I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not!…
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