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Jeremiah 19:7

And 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.

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ASV

And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.

KJV

And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּ֠בַקֹּתִיU.va.ko.tiand I will make voidH1238 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
עֲצַ֨ת'a.Tzat[the] plan ofH6098 →
יְהוּדָ֤הye.hu.DahJudahH3063 →
וִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙vi.ru.sha.Limand JerusalemH3389 →
בַּמָּק֣וֹםba.ma.Komin the placeH4725 →
הַזֶּ֔הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
וְהִפַּלְתִּ֤יםve.hi.pal.Timand I will make fall themH5307 →
בַּחֶ֙רֶב֙ba.Che.revby the swordH2719 →
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440 →
אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֔ם'o.ye.vei.Hemenemies theirH341 →
וּבְיַ֖דu.ve.Yadand by [the] hand ofH3027 →
מְבַקְשֵׁ֣יme.vak.Shei[those who] seekH1245 →
נַפְשָׁ֑םnaf.Sham<of> life theirH5315 →
וְנָתַתִּ֤יve.na.ta.Tiand I will giveH5414 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
נִבְלָתָם֙niv.la.Tamcorpse[s] theirH5038 →
לְמַֽאֲכָ֔לle.ma.'a.Khalto foodH3978 →
לְע֥וֹףle.'ofto [the] bird[s] ofH5775 →
הַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064 →
וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥תu.le.ve.he.Matand to [the] animal[s] ofH929 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzthe earthH776 →

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Leviticus 26:17And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.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.”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.”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.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.Isaiah 28:17–18I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.Jeremiah 15:9The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” declares the LORD.Psalms 33:10–11The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.Deuteronomy 28:25–26The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.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.Jeremiah 15:2If 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.’Psalms 79:2–3They 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.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 24:10And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”Jeremiah 22:19He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.Job 5:12–13He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.Jeremiah 9:21–22For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.Jeremiah 46:26I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.

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