Jeremiah 9:22 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 9:22

Declare 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.”

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ASV

Speak, Thus saith Jehovah, The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman; and none shall gather them.

KJV

Speak, Thus saith the Lord, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.

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Commentary

5 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah (420)

(Verse 22.) Speak these things, says the Lord, and the mortality of man (or the corpses of men) will fall like dung on the face of the region (or the field) and like hay behind the reaper, and there is no one to gather. The Hebrew word, which is written with three letters Daleth, Beth, Res (for it does not have vowels in the middle), signifies speech for a consequence and at the discretion of the reader if it is read as Dabar (), it signifies a word; if Deber, it signifies death; if Daber, it signifies speak.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

FLIGHT FROM THE WORLD 1:3 (397)

Amid so many passions of this body of ours, amid so many enticements of this world, who indeed can keep his footstep safe and undefiled? The eye looks back and leads the mind's perception astray, the ear hears and turns one's attention away, a whiff of fragrance hinders thought, a kiss of the mouth introduces guilt, a touch kindles the fire of passion. "Death has entered in through the window," the prophet said. Your eye is your window.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Speak, thus saith the Lord,.... These are the words of the Lord to Jeremiah, to go on with his prophecy in his name; so the Targum, "prophesy, thus saith the Lord:'' even the carcasses of men shall fall as dung upon the open field; or, "upon the face of the field" (f); this shows the reason why the women are called to mourning, because the men would fall by the sword in the open field, and there lie and rot, and become dung upon it.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

As the handful - They shall be no more regarded than a few scattered ears that drop out of the reapers hand, which either lie on the ground and are eaten by birds, or trod to dirt by beasts.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And as the handful after the harvestman - The reapers, after having cut enough to fill their hand, threw it down; and the binders, following after, collected those handfuls, and bound them in sheaves. Death is represented as having cut down the inhabitants of the land, as the reapers do the corn; but so general was the slaughter, that there was none to bury the dead, to gather up these handfuls; so that they lay in a state of putrescence, as dung upon the open field.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
דַּבֵּ֗ר	da.Ber	speak	H1696 →
כֹּ֚ה	koh	thus	H3541 →
נְאֻם־	ne.'um-	[the] utterance of	H5002 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וְנָֽפְלָה֙	ve.na.fe.Lah	and it will fall	H5307 →
נִבְלַ֣ת	niv.Lat	[the] corpse[s] of	H5038 →
הָֽאָדָ֔ם	ha.'a.Dam	<the> people	H120 →
כְּדֹ֖מֶן	ke.Do.men	like dung	H1828 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
פְּנֵ֣י	pe.Nei	[the] surface of	H6440 →
הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה	ha.sa.Deh	the field[s]	H7704 →
וּכְעָמִ֛יר	u.khe.'a.Mir	and like cut grain	H5995 →
מֵאַחֲרֵ֥י	me.'a.cha.Rei	from behind	H310 →
הַקֹּצֵ֖ר	ha.ko.Tzer	the reaper	H7114 →
וְאֵ֥ין	ve.'Ein	and there not	H369 →
מְאַסֵּֽף׃ ס	me.'a.Sef	[will be one who] gathers	H622 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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…
leads to
- Psalms 83:10
  who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 25:33
  Those 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…
Through
Isaiah 5:25
Therefore 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…
leads to
- Isaiah 10:4
  Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
- Isaiah 9:21
  Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; together they turn against Judah. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
- 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.’”
- Isaiah 9:17
  Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite…
- Jeremiah 4:24
  I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.
Through
Jeremiah 25:33
Those 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…
leads to
- Isaiah 66:16
  For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.

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06About Jeremiah

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Jeremiah