Quotes About Absence

Saul said to the troops who were with him, “Call the roll and see who has left us.” And when they had called the roll, they saw that Jonathan and his armor-bearer were not there.

Then Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow is the New Moon, and you will be missed if your seat is empty.

He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but Davidís place was empty.

But on the day after the New Moon, the second day, Davidís place was still empty, and Saul asked his son Jonathan, “Why hasnít the son of Jesse come to the meal either yesterday or today?”

saying, ëPlease let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.í That is why he did not come to the kingís table.”

Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.

The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.

He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.

to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.

The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.

Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.

yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.

For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.

He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”

On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.

I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.

I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him, but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.

Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.

Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?

I will make you an object of horror, and you will be no more. You will be sought, but will never be found,í declares the Lord GOD.”

No foot of man or beast will pass through, and it will be uninhabited for forty years.

They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.