"But you have been castout of your tombLike a rejectedbranch,Clothedwith the slainwho are piercedwith a sword,Who godownto the stonesof the pitLike a trampledcorpse.
"You shall speakto him, saying,'Thussaysthe LORD,"Have you murderedand alsotakenpossession?"'And you shall speakto him, saying,'Thussaysthe LORD,"In the placewherethe dogslickedup the bloodof Naboththe dogswill lickup your blood,evenyours."'"
"The one belonging to Ahab,who diesin the city,the dogswill eat,and the one who diesin the fieldthe birdsof heavenwill eat."
Then [Jehu] saidto Bidkarhis officer,"Take[him] up and casthim into the propertyof the fieldof Naboththe Jezreelite,for I rememberwhen you and I were ridingtogetherafterAhabhis father,that the LORDlaidthisoracleagainsthim:
Anyonewho is foundwill be thrustthrough,And anyonewho is capturedwill fallby the sword.
"Allthe kingsof the nationsliein glory,Eachin his own tomb.
So their slainwill be thrownout, And their corpseswill giveofftheir stench,And the mountainswill be drenchedwith their blood.
On thisaccountthe angerof the LORDhas burnedagainst His people,And He has stretchedout His handagainstthem and struckthem down.And the mountainsquaked,and their corpseslaylike refusein the middleof the streets.For allthisHis angeris not spent,But His handis stillstretchedout.
"Both greatmenand smallwill diein thisland;they will not be buried,they will not be lamented,norwill anyone gashhimself or shavehis headfor them.
"He will be buriedwith a donkey'sburial,Draggedoff and thrownout beyondthe gatesof Jerusalem.
Yet it turnedout that as soon as they cameinsidethe city,Ishmaelthe sonof Nethaniahand the menthat were with him slaughteredthem [and cast them] into the cistern.
Now as for the cisternwhereIshmaelhad castallthe corpsesof the menwhomhe had struckdownbecauseof Gedaliah,it was the one that KingAsahad madeon accountof Baasha,kingof Israel;Ishmaelthe sonof Nethaniahfilledit with the slain.
"They will falldownslainin the landof the Chaldeans,And piercedthroughin their streets."
whosegravesare setin the remotestpartsof the pitand her companyis roundabouther grave.Allof them are slain,fallenby the sword,whospreadterrorin the landof the living.
"Nordo they liebesidethe fallenheroesof the uncircumcised,whowentdownto Sheolwith their weaponsof warand whose swordswere laidundertheir heads;but the punishmentfor their iniquityrestedon their bones,thoughthe terrorof [these] heroes[was once] in the landof the living.
