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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.”

BSB

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ASV

They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung upon the face of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.

KJV

They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מְמוֹתֵ֨יme.mo.Teideaths ofH4463 →
תַחֲלֻאִ֜יםta.cha.lu.'ImdiseasesH8463 →
יָמֻ֗תוּya.Mu.tuthey will dieH4191 →
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808 →
יִסָּֽפְדוּ֙yi.sa.fe.Duthey will be mournedH5594 →
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
יִקָּבֵ֔רוּyi.ka.Ve.ruthey will be buriedH6912 →
לְדֹ֛מֶןle.Do.men<into> dungH1828 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] surface ofH6440 →
הָאֲדָמָ֖הha.'a.da.Mahthe groundH127 →
יִֽהְי֑וּyih.Yuthey will becomeH1961 →
וּבַחֶ֤רֶבu.va.Che.revand by the swordH2719 →
וּבָֽרָעָב֙u.va.ra.'Avand by <the> famineH7458 →
יִכְל֔וּyikh.Luthey will come to an endH3615 →
וְהָיְתָ֤הve.ha.ye.Tahand it will becomeH1961 →
נִבְלָתָם֙niv.la.Tamcorpse[s] theirH5038 →
לְמַאֲכָ֔לle.ma.'a.Khal<into> foodH3978 →
לְע֥וֹףle.'offor [the] bird[s] ofH5775 →
הַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064 →
וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥תu.le.ve.he.Matand for [the] animal[s] ofH929 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ סha.'A.retzthe earthH776 →

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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.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.Psalms 83:10who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.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.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.”Psalms 79:2They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.Jeremiah 22:18–19Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’Zephaniah 1:17I will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.Jeremiah 15:2–3If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’Jeremiah 34:20I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.2 Kings 9:37And 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.’”Deuteronomy 28:21The LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess.Jeremiah 14:12Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”Jeremiah 19:7And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.Psalms 79:3They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.Revelation 19:18so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”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.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,

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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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