After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
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Well, Job finally lets it all out, doesn't he? 3, 1, opened his mouth and cursed the day he was born. Job even says, let the day perish on which I was to be born, and the night which said, a boy is conceived. He curses the day of his birth. Verse 11, why did I not die from birth, come forth from the womb and expire? Verse 25, what I fear comes upon me and what I dread befalls me. I am not at ease, nor am I quiet. I am not at rest, but turmoil comes. You know what this is? Listen to me. This chapter provides us with words of a suffering, broken man. He is at wit's end. the suffering doesn't end the kids are still dead the body's still covered with boils there's not enough money to provide for what's needed his surroundings are atrocious the wild dogs feed on the garbage all around him his wife is there disillusioned heartbroken that's enough and he curses the day he's born he despises the thought that he lived and he's not resting and he is in dread and he must have sat at that moment at the end of chapter 3 with his head in his hands. …
Job starts talking. After this, Job opened his mouth and he cursed the day of his birth. now he wouldn't curse God his wife said curse God and die he did not blame God he did not curse God but he cursed the day of his birth and Job spoke and he said may the day perish on which I was born as the night in which it was said a male child is conceived may that day be darkness may God above not seek it, nor the light shine upon it. May darkness and the shadow of death claim it. May a cloud settle on it. May the blackness of the day terrify it. Now, I mentioned that these chapters are written in Hebrew poetry. So Hebrew poetry is different than our poetry. When we write a poem, we do it so that the last words rhyme or that certain things have a cadence and a rhyme. The Hebrews did not rhyme words. They matched or rhymed thoughts. So they would make a statement and then make a parallel statement, and that is called synthetic parallelism in Hebrew poetry. Sometimes they would make a statement, but then add a contrast. The righteous man is this way, but the ungodly is that way. …
… Well, Job finally lets it all out, doesn't he? 3-1 opened his mouth and cursed the day he was born. Job even says, let the day perish on which I was to be born, and the night which said, a boy is conceived. He curses the day of his birth. Verse 11, why did I not die from birth, come forth from the womb, and expire? Verse 25, what I fear comes upon me, and what I dread befalls me. I am not at ease. nor am I quiet. I am not at rest, but turmoil comes. You know what this is? Listen to me. This chapter provides us with words of a suffering, broken man. He is at wit's end. The suffering doesn't end. The kids are still dead. The body's still covered with boils. There's not enough money to provide for what's needed. His surroundings are atrocious. The wild dogs feed on the garbage all around him. His wife is there disillusioned, heartbroken. That's enough. And he curses the day he's born. …
… It is the lowest of several low points in the book. Afterward, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. because you have patiently sat through my opening comments, you're not quite as shocked as the novice would be who reads this and says, aha, there you go. Satan said he would curse God. Now he does. Wait, wait, wait. It may be poetry, but let's read it accurately. He doesn't curse God. He curses the day of his birth. There's a difference. There's a difference. to say why was I ever born is much different than saying I no longer believe in you God it's saying I am so totally and completely alone I regret that I ever drew breath in fact I regret that I was ever conceived in the womb of my mother Verses 1 to 10, he regrets his birth. Verses 11 to 19, he wished he'd been born dead. Verses 20 through 26, he longs to die. End of sermon. as I said earlier, if you weren't depressed when you started with me, you will be when I finish. …