Quotes About Loss

Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.

When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror.

And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her in as his own daughter.

and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.

One day, while Jobís sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brotherís house,

a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,

the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brotherís house,

when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,

saying: “Naked I came from my motherís womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.

Then Jobís wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”

When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.

After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.

For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.

Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?

Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?

For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.

The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.