“By calling death "sleep," Job has clearly given us the hope for resurrection. However, he says, we will not awake "until heavens are no more." That is obvious, because, as Isaiah said, it is necessary that "they shall be rolled together like a scroll." It is necessary that all their powers are shaken, that the sun and…”
Hesychius of Jerusalem, 5th c. — HOMILIES ON JOB 17.14.12
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12So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
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10But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
11As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
— Job 14:12 —
13O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.