Jeremiah 16:4

Modern English Version

They will die of deadly diseases. They will not be lamented, nor shall they be buried. But they will be as dung upon the face of the ground. And they will be consumed by the sword and by famine. And their carcasses will be food for the fowl of heaven and for the beasts of the earth.

Cross References

2 Kings 9:10

Dogs will eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and no one will bury her.” Then he opened the door and fled.

Psalm 78:64

Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.

Psalm 83:10

who perished at Endor; they became as dung for the ground.

Isaiah 18:6

They shall be left together for the fowl of the mountains and for the beasts of the earth; and the fowl shall spend the summer feeding on them, and all the beasts of the earth shall spend the winter on them.

Isaiah 5:25

Therefore the anger of the Lord burns against His people, and He has stretched out His hand against them, and has stricken them, and the hills trembled. Their corpses were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this His anger is not turned away, and His hand is still stretched out.

Jeremiah 19:7

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 those who seek their lives. And their corpses I will give to be food for the fowl of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth.

Jeremiah 21:6

I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they will die of a great pestilence.

Jeremiah 25:33

The slain of the Lord on that day will be from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth. They will not be lamented or gathered or buried. They will be as dung on the ground.

Jeremiah 34:17

Therefore thus says the Lord: You have not obeyed Me in proclaiming liberty, everyone to his brother and every man to his neighbor. Behold, I proclaim a liberty to you, says the Lord, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Jeremiah 34:20

I will even give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be food to the fowl of heaven and to the beasts of the earth.

Jeremiah 36:30

Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have no one to sit on the throne of David. And his dead body shall be cast out to the heat of the day and the frost of the night.

Jeremiah 44:12

I will take the remnant of Judah who have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they all will be consumed and fall in the land of Egypt. They will even be consumed by the sword and by the famine. They will die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they will be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.

Jeremiah 44:27

Behold, I will watch over them for disaster and not for good. And all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine until there is an end of them.

Jeremiah 7:33

The corpses of this people shall be food for the fowl of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth; and no one will frighten them away.

Jeremiah 9:22

Speak, Thus says the Lord: “The carcasses of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the sheaf after the harvester, and no one shall gather them.”

Lamentations 4:9

Those killed by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, for they pine away, stricken for want of the fruits of the field.

Ezekiel 24:21

Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will profane My sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the desire of your eyes and the delight of your soul. And your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind shall fall by the sword.

Ezekiel 5:12

One-third of you shall die by pestilence or by famine; they shall be consumed in your midst. And one-third shall fall by the sword all around you. And I will scatter one-third into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.

Zephaniah 1:17

I will bring distress on men, so that they will walk like blind men. Because they have sinned against the Lord, their blood will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.

Deuteronomy 28:22

The Lord will strike you with a wasting disease, with a fever, with an inflammation, with an extreme heat, with the sword, with blight, and with mildew, and they shall pursue you until you perish.

Deuteronomy 28:26

Your carcass will be meat for all the fowls of the air and beasts of the earth, and no man will frighten them away.