Jeremiah 9:22 - The Scriptures 1998

²² Speak, “Thus declares יהוה, ‘The corpses of men shall fall as dung on the face of the field, like cuttings after the reaper, with none to gather them.’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² Speak, Thus says the Lord: The dead bodies of men shall fall like dung on the open field and like sheaves [of grain] behind the reaper, and none shall gather them. [Jer. 8:2.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²² 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.

Common English Bible

²² Declare what the LORD says: Dead bodies will lie like dung on the fields, like bundles of grain after the harvest, with no one to pick them up.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² "Speak: Thus says the Lord: And the corpses of men will fall like manure over the face of the countryside, and like hay behind the back of the reaper, and there will be no one to gather it."

Jeremiah 9:22 Cross References

2 Kings 20:13

And Ḥ

2 Kings 20:15

And he said, “What have they seen in your house?” And Ḥ

2 Kings 9:37

and the corpse of Izeḇ

Job 5:13

catching the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of schemers are swept away.

Psalm 49:7

A brother does not redeem anyone at all, Neither give to Elohim a ransom for him;

Psalm 83:10

Who perished at Ě

Proverbs 18:11

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, And like a high wall in his own imagination.

Proverbs 23:4

Do not labour to be rich. Cease from your own understanding!

Isaiah 5:25

Therefore the displeasure of יהוה  has burned against His people, and He stretches out His hand against them and smites them, and the mountains tremble. And their carcass is as filth in the middle of the streets. With all this His displeasure has not turned back, and His hand is still stretched out!

Jeremiah 16:4

“They shall die of deaths from diseases, they shall not be lamented nor be buried, but be like dung on the face of the earth, and be consumed by sword and by scarcity of food. And their corpses shall be meat for the birds of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth.”

Jeremiah 25:33

“And in that day the slain of יהוה  shall be from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth. They shall not be lamented, or gathered, or buried, for they are dung on the face of the ground.

Jeremiah 6:21

Therefore thus said יהוה, “See, I am laying stumbling-blocks before this people. And the fathers and the sons together shall stumble on them, the neighbour and his friend shall perish.”

Jeremiah 7:33

“And the corpses of this people shall be food for the birds of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth, with none to frighten them away.

Jeremiah 8:2

and shall spread them before the sun and the moon and all the host of the heavens, which they have loved and which they have served and after which they have walked, which they have sought, and to which they have bowed themselves. They shall not be gathered nor buried, they shall be for dung on the face of the earth.

Habakkuk 1:11

“Then shall he pass on as a wind, and transgress and be guilty, and ascribe this power to his mighty one.”

Zephaniah 1:17

“And I shall bring distress on men, and they shall walk like blind men – because they have sinned against יהוה, and their blood shall be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.”

Deuteronomy 8:17

you then shall say in your heart, ‘My power and the strength of my hand have made for me this wealth!’