Jeremiah 34:20

New American Bible - revised edition

These I will hand over to their enemies, to those who seek their lives: their corpses shall become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the field.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:11

Anyone of Jeroboam’s line who dies in the city, dogs will devour; anyone who dies in the field, the birds of the sky will devour. For the Lord has spoken!’

1 Kings 16:4

One of Baasha’s line who dies in the city, dogs will devour; One who dies in the field, the birds of the sky will devour.

Psalm 79:2

They have left the corpses of your servants as food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of those devoted to you for the beasts of the earth.

Jeremiah 11:21

Therefore, thus says the Lord concerning the men of Anathoth who seek your life and say, “Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord; otherwise you shall die by our hand.”

Jeremiah 12:9

My heritage is a prey for hyenas, is surrounded by vultures; Come, gather together, all you wild animals, come and eat!

Jeremiah 16:4

Of deadly disease they shall die. Unlamented and unburied they will lie like dung on the ground. Sword and famine will make an end of them, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.

Jeremiah 19:7

In this place I will foil the plan of Judah and Jerusalem; I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, at the hand of those who seek their lives. Their corpses I will give as food to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.

Jeremiah 21:7

After that—oracle of the Lord—I will hand over Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his ministers and the people in this city who survive pestilence, sword, and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, to their enemies and those who seek their lives. He shall strike them down with the edge of the sword, without quarter, without mercy or compassion.

Jeremiah 22:25

I will hand you over to those who seek your life, to those you dread: Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and the Chaldeans.

Jeremiah 38:16

But King Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah secretly: “As the Lord lives who gave us our lives, I will not kill you, nor will I hand you over to those men who seek your life.”

Jeremiah 39:6

The king of Babylon executed the sons of Zedekiah at Riblah before his very eyes; the king of Babylon also executed all the nobles of Judah.

Jeremiah 4:30

You now who are doomed, what are you doing dressing in purple, bedecking yourself with gold, Enlarging your eyes with kohl? You beautify yourself in vain! Your lovers reject you, they seek your life.

Jeremiah 44:30

Thus says the Lord: See! I will hand over Pharaoh Hophra, king of Egypt, to his enemies, to those seeking his life, just as I handed over Zedekiah, king of Judah, to his enemy Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, to the one seeking his life.

Jeremiah 49:37

I will terrify Elam before their foes, those seeking their life; I will bring evil upon them, my burning wrath—oracle of the Lord. I will send sword after them until I have finished them off;

Jeremiah 7:33

The corpses of this people will be food for the birds of the sky and beasts of the earth, which no one will drive away.

Ezekiel 23:28

For thus says the Lord God: I am now handing you over to those whom you hate, to those from whom you recoil.

Ezekiel 29:5

I will hurl you into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your Nile. You will fall into an open field, you will not be picked up or gathered together. To the beasts of the earth and the birds of the sky I give you as food.

Ezekiel 32:4

I will hurl you onto the land, cast you into an open field. I will make all the birds of the sky roost upon you, The beasts of the whole earth gorge themselves on you.

Deuteronomy 28:26

Your corpses will become food for all the birds of the air and for the beasts of the field, with no one to frighten them off.

1 Samuel 17:44

and said to him, “Come here to me, and I will feed your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field.”

1 Samuel 17:46

Today the Lord shall deliver you into my hand; I will strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will feed your dead body and the dead bodies of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field; thus the whole land shall learn that Israel has a God.