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2 Kings 9:37

And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”

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ASV

and the body of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.

KJV

And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְֽהָיְתָ֞הve.ha.yatand it will beH1961 →
נִבְלַ֣תniv.Lat[the] corpse ofH5038 →
אִיזֶ֗בֶל'i.Ze.velJezebelH348 →
כְּדֹ֛מֶןke.Do.menlike dungH1828 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] surface ofH6440 →
הַשָּׂדֶ֖הha.sa.Dehthe fieldH7704 →
בְּחֵ֣לֶקbe.Che.lekin [the] territory ofH2506 →
יִזְרְעֶ֑אלyiz.re.'ElJezreelH3157 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherthatH834 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
יֹאמְר֖וּyo.me.Rupeople will sayH559 →
זֹ֥אתzotthisH2063 →
אִיזָֽבֶל׃ פ'i.Za.vel[is] JezebelH348 →

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Isaiah 5:25Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.Jeremiah 8:2They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.Jeremiah 16:4“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.”Psalms 83:10who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.Job 20:7he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’Ezra 6:11I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.Philippians 3:8More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain ChristJeremiah 22:19He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.Jeremiah 36:20So the officials went to the king in the courtyard. And having stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, they reported everything to the king.Ecclesiastes 6:3A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.Isaiah 14:18–20All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.Jeremiah 25:33Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.Ezekiel 32:23–30Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who once spread terror in the land of the living.Jeremiah 9:22Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”1 Kings 14:10Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!Joshua 17:16“The hill country is not enough for us,” they replied, “and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both in Beth-shean with its towns and in the Valley of Jezreel.”

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About 2 Kings

The Death of Jezebel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Death of Jezebel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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