Isaiah 38:18

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Isaiah 38:18 (WEB)
For Sheol can’t praise you. Death can’t celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can’t hope for your truth.

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Athanasius of Alexandria, Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.7Festal Letters
“So was it with Hezekiah, who was delivered from death, and therefore praised God, saying, ‘Those who are in hades cannot praise Thee; the dead cannot bless Thee; but the living shall bless Thee, as I also do.’” — editor's note: Is. xxxviii. 18.
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