And he dreamed, and behold a ladder
	set up on the earth,
	and the top of it reached to heaven;
	and behold the angels of God
	ascending and descending on it.
	      Genesis 28:12

	For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell;
	neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One
	to see corruption.
	Thou wilt shew me the path of life:
	in thy presence is fulness of joy;
	at thy right hand there are pleasures
	for evermore.
Psalm 16:10,11

	What profit there is there in my "blood" (death in the original text)
	when I go down to the pit?
	Shall the dust praise thee?
	Shall it declare thy truth?
 	          Psalm 30:9
	...upon those that hope in their mercy,
	to deliver their souls from death...
	           Psalm 33:18s,19s
	But God will redeem my soul from the power of the "grave" (sheol),
	for he shall receive me
	          Psalm 49:15

	Create in me a clean heart, O God,
	and renew a right spirit within me.
	Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation
	and uphold me with thy free spirit.
	         Psalm 51:10,12

	Wilt thou not revive us again:
	that thy people may rejoice in thee?
	          Psalm 85:6

	Such as sit in darkness
	and in the shadow of death,
	being abound in affliction and iron;
	He brougth them out of darkness
	and the shadow of death,
	and brake their bands in sunder
	         Psalm 107:10,14

	All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full;
	unto the place from whence the rivers come,
	 thither they return again.
	The thing that hath been it is that which shall be;
	and that which is done is that which shall be done;
	and there is no new thing under the sun.
	Is any thing whereof it may be said;
	See, this is new?
	It hath been already of old time,
	which was before us.
	There is no remembrance of former things;
	neither shall there be any remembrance
	of things that are to come with those
	that should come after.
	       Ecclesiastes 1:7,9,10,11
	That which hath been is now:
	and that which is to be hath already been;
	and God requireth that which is past.
	       Ecclesiastes 3:15

	He will swallow up death in victory;
	and the Lord God will wipe away
	tears from off all faces;
	and the rebuke of his people
	shall be taken away from all of the earth;
	for the Lord hath spoken it.
	            Isaiah 25:8
	Thy dead shall live
	(together with) my dead body shall they arise
	Awake and sing,
	ye that dwell in dust;
	for thy dew is as the dew of herbs,
	and the earth shall cast out the dead.
	         Isaiah 26:19

	And your covenant with death shall be disannulled,
	and your agreement with "hell" (sheol) shall not stand;
	when the overflowing scourge shall pass through,
	then ye shall be trodden down by it.
	        Isaiah 28:18

	Shall I bring to the birth
	and not cause to bring forth?
	saith the Lord;
	shall I cause to bring forth
	and shut the womb?
	saith thy God.
	And when ye see this,
	your heart shall rejoice,
	and your bones shall flourish
	like an herb.
	     Isaiah 66:9,14

	 The word which came to Jeremiah
	from the Lord, saying:
	Arise and go down to the potter's house,
	and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
	Then I went down to the potter's house,
	and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
	And the vessel that he made of clay
	was marred in the hand of the potter;
	so he made it again another vessel,
	as seemed good to the potter to make it.
	Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
	O house of israel,
	cannot I do with you as the potter? saith the Lord.
	Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand,
	so are ye in mine hand,
	O house of Israel.
	     Jeremiah 18:1,6

	Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh:
	is there any thing too hard for me?
		Jeremiah 32:27

	For the Lord will not cast off for ever;
	     Lamentations 3:31

	Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord;
	and we shall be turned;
	renew our days as old.
	     Lamentations 5:21

	And I will give them one heart,
	and I will put a new spirit within you;
	and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh,
	and I will give them an heart of flesh.
	     Ezekiel 11:19
	Cast away from you all your transgressions,
	whereby ye have transgressed:
	and make you a new heart and a new spirit:
	for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
	       Ezekiel 18:31

	For I have no pleasure in the death
	of him that dieth, saith the Lord God;
	wherefore turn yourselves and live ye.
	       Ezekiel 18:32

	The hand of the Lord was upon me
	and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord,
	and set me down  in the midst
	of the valley which was full of bones,
	And caused me to pass by them round about:
	and,  behold,  there were very many in the open valley;
	and, lo, they were very dry.
	And he said unto me,
	Son of man, can these bones live?
	And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.
	Again he said unto me,
	Prophesy upon these bones,
	and say unto them,
	O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
	Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones;
	Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you,
	and ye shall live:
	And I will lay sinews upon you,
	and will bring up flesh upon you,
	and cover you with skin,
	and put breath in you, and ye shall live;
	and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
	So I prophesied as I was commanded:
	and as I prophesied, there was a noise,
	and behold a shaking,
	and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
	And when I beheld, lo,
	the sinews and the flesh came up upon them,
	and the skin covered them above:
	but there was no breath in them.
	Then said he unto me,
	Prophesy unto the wind,
	prophesy,  son of man,
	and say to the wind,
	thus saith the Lord God;
	Come from the four winds,
	O breath, and breathe upon these slain,
	that they may live.
	So I prophesied as he commanded me,
	and the breath came into them, and they lived,
	and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
	Then he said unto me, Son of man,
	these bones are the whole house of Israel:
	behold, they say, Our bones are dried,
	and our hope is lost:
	we are cut off for our parts.
	Therefore prophesy and say unto them,
	Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people,
	I will open your graves,
	and cause you to come up out of your graves,
	and bring you into the land of Israel.
	And ye shall know that I am the Lord,
	when I have opened your graves, O my people,
	and brought you up out of your graves,
	And shall put my spirit in you,
	and ye shall live,
	and I shall place you in your own land:
	then shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it,
	and performed it,  saith the Lord.
	     Ezekiel 37:1,14

	But go thou thy way till the end (be);
	for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot
	at the end of the days.
	       Daniel 12:13

	I will ransom them from the power of the "grave" (sheol):
	I will redeem them from death:
	O death, I will be thy plagues;
	O "grave" (seol), I will be thy destruction:
	repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
	       Hosea 13:14

	Though they dig into "hell" (seol),
	thence mine hand take them;
	though they climpb up to heaven,
	thence will I bring them down
	         Amos 9:2

	And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction
	unto the Lord, and he heard me;
	out of the belly of "hell" (seol) cried I,
	and thou heardest my voice.
	I went down to the bottoms of the mountains;
	the earth with her bars was about me for ever;
	yet, hast thou brought up my life from corruption,
	O Lord.
	         Jonah 2:2,6