Job 18:18
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He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
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He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
He was driven away from mankind, and his mind was like that of a beast. He lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High God rules over the kingdom of mankind, setting over it whom He wishes.
if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from mankind. He ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.