“In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Revelation 9 contains 21 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.