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I thought that God was ending my life. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/isaiah/38-12.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/isaiah/38-12.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/isaiah/38-12.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/isaiah/1.htm">Isaiah</a> > <a href="/gntd/isaiah/38.htm">Chapter 38</a> > Verse 12</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/38-11.htm" title="Isaiah 38:11">◄</a> Isaiah 38:12 <a href="../isaiah/38-13.htm" title="Isaiah 38:13">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/isaiah/38.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/isaiah/38.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />My life was cut off and ended, Like a tent that is taken down, Like cloth that is cut from a loom. I thought that God was ending my life. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/38.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent; like a weaver I have rolled up my life; he cuts me off from the loom; from day to night you bring me to an end;<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/isaiah/38.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />My life was taken from me like the tent that a shepherd pulls up and moves. You cut me off like thread from a weaver's loom; you make a wreck of me day and night. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/38.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />My dwelling, like a shepherd’s tent, is struck down and borne away from me; You have folded up my life, like a weaver who severs me from the last thread. From morning to night you make an end of me; <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/isaiah/38.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />My generation is at an end, and it is rolled away from me, as a shepherd's tent. My life is cut off, as by a weaver: whilst I was yet but beginning, he cut me off: from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">My generation is at an end, and it is rolled away from me, as a shepherd's tent. My life is cut off, as by a weaver: whilst I was yet but beginning, he cut me off: from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me.</p><p class="hdg">is removed</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../job/7-7.htm">Job 7:7</a> Remember that my life is but wind, and my eye shall not return to see good things.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/89-45.htm">Psalm 89:45-47</a> Thou hast shortened the days of his time: thou hast covered him with confusion. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/102-11.htm">Psalm 102:11,23,24</a> My days have declined like a shadow, and I am withered like grass. . . . </p><p class="hdg">as a</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../isaiah/1-8.htm">Isaiah 1:8</a> And the daughter of Sion shall be left as a covert in a vineyard, and as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, and as a city that is laid waste.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../isaiah/13-20.htm">Isaiah 13:20</a> It shall no more be inhabited for ever, and it shall not be founded unto generation and generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch his tents there, nor shall shepherds rest there.</p><p class="hdg">have cut</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../job/7-6.htm">Job 7:6</a> My days have passed more swiftly than the web is cut by the weaver, and are consumed without any hope.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../job/9-25.htm">Job 9:25,26</a> My days have been swifter than a post: they have fled away and have not seen good. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../job/14-2.htm">Job 14:2</a> Who cometh forth like a flower, and is destroyed, and fleeth as a shadow, and never continueth in the same state.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../james/4-14.htm">James 4:14</a> Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow.</p><p class="hdg">he will cut</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../job/7-3.htm">Job 7:3-5</a> So I also have had empty months, and have numbered to myself wearisome nights. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../job/17-1.htm">Job 17:1</a> My spirit shall be wasted, my days shall be shortened and only the grave remaineth for me.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/31-22.htm">Psalm 31:22</a> But I said in the excess of my mind: I am cast away from before thy eyes. Therefore thou hast heard the voice of my prayer, when I cried to thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/119-23.htm">Psalm 119:23</a> For princes sat, and spoke against me: but thy servant was employed in thy justifications.</p><p class="hdg">with pining sickness.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/isaiah/38.htm">Hezekiah's Song of Thanksgiving</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>I said: I shall not see the Lord God in the land of the living. I shall behold man no more, nor the inhabitant of rest. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl">My generation is at an end, and it is rolled away from me, as a shepherd's tent. My life is cut off, as by a weaver: whilst I was yet but beginning, he cut me off: from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me.</span><span class="reftext">13</span>I hoped till morning, as a lion so hath he broken all my bones: from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../2_corinthians/5-1.htm">2 Corinthians 5:1</a></span><br />For we know, if our earthly house of this habitation be dissolved, that we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../2_corinthians/5-4.htm">2 Corinthians 5:4</a></span><br />For we also, who are in this tabernacle, do groan, being burthened; because we would not be unclothed, but clothed upon, that that which is mortal may be swallowed up by life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../hebrews/1-12.htm">Hebrews 1:12</a></span><br />And as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shalt be changed. But thou art the selfsame: and thy years shall not fail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../2_peter/1-13.htm">2 Peter 1:13</a></span><br />But I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../2_peter/1-14.htm">2 Peter 1:14</a></span><br />Being assured that the laying away of this my tabernacle is at hand, according as our Lord Jesus Christ also hath signified to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../job/4-20.htm">Job 4:20</a></span><br />From morning till evening they shall be cut down: and because no one understandeth, they shall perish for ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../job/6-9.htm">Job 6:9</a></span><br />And that he that hath begun may destroy me, that he may let loose his hand, and cut me off?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../job/7-6.htm">Job 7:6</a></span><br />My days have passed more swiftly than the web is cut by the weaver, and are consumed without any hope.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../psalms/31-22.htm">Psalm 31:22</a></span><br />But I said in the excess of my mind: I am cast away from before thy eyes. Therefore thou hast heard the voice of my prayer, when I cried to thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../psalms/73-14.htm">Psalm 73:14</a></span><br />And I have been scourged all the day; and my chastisement hath been in the mornings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/34-17.htm">Age</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-7.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-38.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-37.htm">Departed</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-24.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-12.htm">End</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-7.htm">Habitation</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-10.htm">Life</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-14.htm">Night</a> <a href="/psalms/6-2.htm">Pining</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-7.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-4.htm">Rolled</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-40.htm">Shepherd's</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-9.htm">Sickness</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-20.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/exodus/39-29.htm">Weaver</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-9.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/46-4.htm">Age</a> <a href="/isaiah/39-6.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-14.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-23.htm">Departed</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-4.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-13.htm">End</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-15.htm">Habitation</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-20.htm">Life</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-13.htm">Night</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-25.htm">Pining</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-2.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-11.htm">Rolled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-12.htm">Shepherd's</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Sickness</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-22.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/exodus/26-36.htm">Weaver</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-13.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/38-12.htm">Isaiah 38:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/38-12.htm">Isaiah 38:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/38-12.htm">Isaiah 38:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/38-12.htm">Isaiah 38:12 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/38-12.htm">Isaiah 38:12 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/38-12.htm">Isaiah 38:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/38-12.htm">Isaiah 38:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/38-12.htm">Isaiah 38:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/isaiah/38-12.htm">Isaiah 38:12 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: a an and As been cut cuts day down dwelling end from has have he house I is life Like loom made make me my night of off pulled removed rolled shepherd's taken tent the until up weaver you<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-12.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 38:12 My dwelling is removed and is carried (Isa Isi Is) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools</a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="/catholic/">Catholic Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/38-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 38:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 38:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/38-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 38:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 38:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="8261988112"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>