Jeremiah 9:22

New Living Translation

This is what the Lord says: “Bodies will be scattered across the fields like clumps of manure, like bundles of grain after the harvest. No one will be left to bury them.”

Cross References

2 Kings 20:13

Hezekiah received the Babylonian envoys and showed them everything in his treasure-houses—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the aromatic oils. He also took them to see his armory and showed them everything in his royal treasuries! There was nothing in his palace or kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.

2 Kings 20:15

“What did they see in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They saw everything,” Hezekiah replied. “I showed them everything I own—all my royal treasuries.”

2 Kings 9:37

Her remains will be scattered like dung on the plot of land in Jezreel, so that no one will be able to recognize her.’”

Job 5:13

He traps the wise in their own cleverness so their cunning schemes are thwarted.

Psalm 49:7

Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death by paying a ransom to God.

Psalm 83:10

They were destroyed at Endor, and their decaying corpses fertilized the soil.

Proverbs 18:11

The rich think of their wealth as a strong defense; they imagine it to be a high wall of safety.

Proverbs 23:4

Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich. Be wise enough to know when to quit.

Isaiah 5:25

That is why the Lord’s anger burns against his people, and why he has raised his fist to crush them. The mountains tremble, and the corpses of his people litter the streets like garbage. But even then the Lord’s anger is not satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike!

Jeremiah 16:4

They will die from terrible diseases. No one will mourn for them or bury them, and they will lie scattered on the ground like manure. They will die from war and famine, and their bodies will be food for the vultures and wild animals.”

Jeremiah 25:33

In that day those the Lord has slaughtered will fill the earth from one end to the other. No one will mourn for them or gather up their bodies to bury them. They will be scattered on the ground like manure.

Jeremiah 6:21

Therefore, this is what the Lord says: “I will put obstacles in my people’s path. Fathers and sons will both fall over them. Neighbors and friends will die together.”

Jeremiah 7:33

The bodies of my people will be food for the vultures and wild animals, and no one will be left to scare them away.

Jeremiah 8:2

They will spread out their bones on the ground before the sun, moon, and stars—the gods my people have loved, served, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up again or buried but will be scattered on the ground like manure.

Habakkuk 1:11

They sweep past like the wind and are gone. But they are deeply guilty, for their own strength is their god.”

Zephaniah 1:17

“Because you have sinned against the Lord, I will make you grope around like the blind. Your blood will be poured into the dust, and your bodies will lie rotting on the ground.”

Deuteronomy 8:17

He did all this so you would never say to yourself, ‘I have achieved this wealth with my own strength and energy.’