Isaiah 25:8

25:8 he will swallow up death permanently. ¹ 

The sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from every face,

and remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth.

Indeed, the Lord has announced it! ² 

Hosea 13:14

The Lord Will Not Relent from the Threatened Judgment

13:14 Will I deliver them from the power of Sheol? No, I will not! ³ 

Will I redeem them from death? No, I will not!

O Death, bring on your plagues! ⁴ 

O Sheol, bring on your destruction! ⁵ 

My eyes will not show any compassion! ⁶ 

John 11:25-26

11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live ⁷  even if he dies, 11:26 and the one who lives and believes in me will never die. ⁸  Do you believe this?”

John 11:1

The Death of Lazarus

11:1 Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived. ⁹ 

Colossians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ¹⁰  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Colossians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ¹¹  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Hebrews 2:14-15

2:14 Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in ¹²  their humanity, ¹³  so that through death he could destroy ¹⁴  the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil), 2:15 and set free those who were held in slavery all their lives by their fear of death.

Revelation 20:14

20:14 Then ¹⁵  Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death – the lake of fire.

¹ sn The image of the Lord “swallowing” death would be especially powerful, for death was viewed in Canaanite mythology and culture as a hungry enemy that swallows its victims. See the note at 5:14.

² tn Heb “has spoken” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

³ tn The translation of the first two lines of this verse reflects the interpretation adopted. There are three interpretive options to v. 14: (1) In spite of Israel’s sins, the Lord will redeem them from the threat of death and destruction (e.g., 11:8). However, against this view, the last line of 13:14 probably means that the Lord will not show compassion to Israel. (2) The Lord announces the triumphant victory over death through resurrection (cf. KJV, ASV, NIV). However, although Paul uses the wording of Hosea 13:14 as an illustration of victory over death, the context of Hosea’s message is the imminent judgment in 723-722 b.c. (3) The first two lines of 13:14 are rhetorical questions without explicit interrogative markers, implying negative answers: “I will not rescue them!” (cf. NAB, NASB, NCV, NRSV, TEV, CEV, NLT). The next two lines in 13:14 are words of encouragement to Death and Sheol to destroy Israel. The final line announces that the Lord will not show compassion on Israel; he will not spare her.

⁴ tn Heb “Where, O Death, are your plagues?” (so NIV).

⁵ tn Heb “Where, O Sheol, is your destruction?” (NRSV similar).

⁶ tn Heb “Compassion will be hidden from my eyes” (NRSV similar; NASB “from my sight”).

⁷ tn That is, will come to life.

⁸ tn Grk “will never die forever.”

⁹ tn Grk “from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

¹¹ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

¹² tn Or “partook of” (this is a different word than the one in v. 14a).

¹³ tn Grk “the same.”

¹⁴ tn Or “break the power of,” “reduce to nothing.”

¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.