Death swallowed up
The Old Testament
He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
Isaiah 25:8
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In the New Testament
When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
1 Corinthians 15:54
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God will swallow up death forever and wipe away the tears from every face. Death, where is your sting? Grave, where is your victory?
Paul closes his great chapter on the resurrection with these two words of the prophets, almost like a song.