Gasp for breath
In Jeremiah 4:31, this signifies sorrow from falsities that extinguish spiritual life. (Apocalypse Explained 315[17])
Numbers 16:41-42
41
But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, "You have killed Yahweh's people!"
42
It happened, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the Tent of Meeting: and behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of Yahweh appeared.
