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Jeremiah 9:22

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘Speak as follows: “This is what the Lord declares: Human corpses will fall like manure on the surface of the field,  like newly cut corn  after the reaper with no one to gather it.

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They will be exposed  to the sun, the moon, and all the stars in the sky,  which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshipped. Their bones will not be collected and buried but will become like manure on the soil’s surface.


Those slain by the Lord   on that day will be scattered from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned,  gathered, or buried. They will be like manure on the soil’s surface.


I will bring distress on mankind, and 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.


They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will be like manure on the soil’s surface.  They will be finished off by sword and famine. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land.


Therefore the Lord’s anger burned  against his people. He raised his hand against them and struck them; the mountains quaked, and their corpses were like rubbish in the streets. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.


The corpses of these people will become food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land, with no one to scare them away.


Jezebel’s corpse will be like manure  on the surface of the ground in the plot of land at Jezreel so that no one will be able to say: This is Jezebel.” ’


Therefore, this is what the  Lord  says: I am going to place stumbling blocks before these people; fathers and sons together will stumble over them; friends and neighbours will also perish.


You may say to yourself, “My power and my own ability have gained this wealth for me,”


Hezekiah listened to the letters and showed the envoys his whole treasure-house #– #the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil #– #and his armoury, and everything that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his palace and in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.


Isaiah asked, ‘What have they seen in your palace? ’ Hezekiah answered, ‘They have seen everything in my palace. There isn’t anything in my treasuries that I didn’t show them.’


He traps the wise in their craftiness so that the plans of the deceptive are quickly brought to an end.


The wealth of the rich is his fortified city; in his imagination it is like a high wall.


Don’t wear yourself out to get rich; because you know better, stop!


Then they sweep  by like the wind and pass through. They are guilty;  their strength is their god.





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