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Jeremiah 15:3

I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

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ASV

And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith Jehovah: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy.

KJV

And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the Lord: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּפָקַדְתִּ֨יu.fa.kad.Tiand I will appointH6485 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֜ם'a.lei.Hemover themH5921 →
אַרְבַּ֤ע'ar.Ba'fourH702 →
מִשְׁפָּחוֹת֙mish.pa.chOtkindsH4940 →
נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַחֶ֣רֶבha.Che.revthe swordH2719 →
לַֽהֲרֹ֔גla.ha.Rogto killH2026 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
הַכְּלָבִ֖יםha.ke.la.Vimthe dogsH3611 →
לִסְחֹ֑בlis.Choto drag awayH5498 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
ע֧וֹףof[the] bird[s] ofH5775 →
הַשָּׁמַ֛יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
בֶּהֱמַ֥תbe.he.Mat[the] animal[s] ofH929 →
הָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776 →
לֶאֱכֹ֥לle.'e.Kholto devourH398 →
וּלְהַשְׁחִֽית׃u.le.hash.Chitand to destroyH7843 →

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Deuteronomy 28:26Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.Leviticus 26:16then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.Leviticus 26:22I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.Leviticus 26:25And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.Ezekiel 14:21For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?Revelation 6:8Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.Isaiah 18:6They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the land. The birds will feed on them in summer, and all the wild animals in winter.Jeremiah 7:33The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.1 Kings 21:23–24And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’Revelation 19:17–18Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,Isaiah 56:9–10Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.1 Kings 14:11Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.’ For the LORD has spoken.1 Kings 21:24Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”Ezekiel 14:15Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,Ezekiel 39:4On the mountains of Israel you will fall—you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to every kind of ravenous bird and wild beast.Ezekiel 5:17I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.”Isaiah 15:9The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon—a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.2 Kings 17:25Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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