Jeremiah 16:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

They will die of horrible diseases and of war and starvation. No one will give them a funeral or bury them, and their bodies will be food for the birds and wild animals. And what's left will lie on the ground like manure.

Cross References

2 Kings 9:10

As for Jezebel, her body will be eaten by dogs in the town of Jezreel. There won't be enough left of her to bury.” Then the young prophet opened the door and ran out.

Psalm 78:64

Priests died violent deaths, but their widows were not allowed to mourn.

Psalm 83:10

near Endor, and let their bodies rot.

Isaiah 18:6

Ethiopians will be food for mountain eagles during the summer and for wild animals during the winter.

Isaiah 5:25

You are the LORD's people, but you made him terribly angry, and he struck you with his mighty arm. Mountains shook, and dead bodies covered the streets like rubbish. The LORD is still angry, and he is ready to strike you again.

Jeremiah 19:7

You people of Judah and Jerusalem may have big plans, but here in this valley I'll ruin those plans. I'll let your enemies kill you, and I'll tell the birds and wild animals to eat your dead bodies.

Jeremiah 25:33

When it strikes, I will kill so many people that their bodies will cover the ground like manure. No one will be left to bury them or to mourn.

Jeremiah 34:17

You have disobeyed me by not giving your slaves their freedom. So I will give you freedom—the freedom to die in battle or from disease or hunger. I will make you disgusting to all other nations on earth.

Jeremiah 36:30

So I, the LORD, promise that you will be killed and your body thrown out on the ground. The sun will beat down on it during the day, and the frost will settle on it at night. And none of your descendants will ever be king of Judah.

Jeremiah 44:12

There were only a few of you left in Judah, and you decided to go to Egypt. But you will die such horrible deaths in war or from starvation, that people of other countries will use the name of Judah as a curse word.

Jeremiah 44:27

Instead of watching over you, I will watch for chances to harm you. Some of you will die in war, and others will starve to death.

Jeremiah 7:33

and then bodies will lie scattered on the ground. Birds and wild animals will come and eat, and no one will be around to scare them off.

Jeremiah 9:22

“The LORD has told us the ground will be covered with dead bodies, like stalks of ungathered grain or like manure.”

Lamentations 4:9

Being killed with a sword is better than slowly starving to death.

Ezekiel 24:21

he is ready to destroy the temple in which you take such pride and which makes you feel so safe. Your children who now live in Jerusalem will be killed.

Ezekiel 5:12

A third of you will die here in Jerusalem from disease or starvation. Another third will be killed in war. And I will scatter the last third of you in every direction, then track you down and kill you.

Zephaniah 1:17

The LORD warns everyone who has sinned against him, “I'll strike you blind! Then your blood and your insides will gush out like vomit.

Deuteronomy 28:26

and no one will disturb the birds and wild animals while they eat your dead bodies.