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Isa 38:12 — Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day [even] to night wilt thou make an end of me.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

is removed		Job 7:7; Psa 89:45-47; Psa 102:11,23,24
as a		Isa 1:8; Isa 13:20
have cut		Job 7:6; Job 9:25,26; Job 14:2; Jam 4:14
he will cut		Job 7:3-5; Job 17:1; Psa 31:22; Psa 119:23
with pining sickness		or, from the thrum.

Correlating Passages

is removed

	Job 7:7	O remember that my life [is] wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
	Psa 89:45	The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
	Psa 89:46	How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
	Psa 89:47	Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
	Psa 102:11	My days [are] like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
	Psa 102:23	He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
	Psa 102:24	I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years [are] throughout all generations.

as a

	Isa 1:8	And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
	Isa 13:20	It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

have cut

	Job 7:6	My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
	Job 9:25	Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
	Job 9:26	They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle [that] hasteth to the prey.
	Job 14:2	He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
	Jam 4:14	Whereas ye know not what [shall be] on the morrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

he will cut

	Job 7:3	So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
	Job 7:4	When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
	Job 7:5	My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
	Job 17:1	My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves [are ready] for me.
	Psa 31:22	For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
	Psa 119:23	Princes also did sit [and] speak against me: [but] thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.

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Scott, Thomas. "Isaiah 38:12," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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