They die in an instant, in the middle of the night. The people convulse and pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.
Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.
Therefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.
And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!
…so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.
…that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!
That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,
If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
…to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”
But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’