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I. IT WAS DEEP AND OVERWHELMING.

II. IT WAS INCONSOLABLE.

III. IT CAST HIM UPON THE FUTURE.

(T. H. Leade.)

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KJV: And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

WEB: All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, "For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning." His father wept for him.