Jeremiah 9:22

The Passion Translation

Tell everyone: “This is the prophecy of Yahweh: ‘Corpses will lie unburied like dung on the open field, like stalks of grain after the reaper, with no one to gather them up.’ ”

Cross References

Psalm 83:10

Do to your enemies what you did at Endor, whose rotting corpses fertilized the land.

Proverbs 18:11

The rich, in their conceit, imagine that their wealth is enough to protect them. It becomes their confidence in a day of trouble.

Proverbs 23:4

Don’t compare yourself to the rich. Surrender your selfish ambition and evaluate them properly.

Isaiah 5:25

For this reason Yahweh’s anger burned against his people, and he struck them down with his holy hand! The mountains trembled, and dead bodies were littered like garbage left in the streets. Even with this, his anger has not turned away and still his hand is heavy upon them!

Jeremiah 16:4

They will die of deadly diseases. No one will mourn for them or bury them; their bodies will lie like dung on the ground. They will be consumed by the sword and by food shortages, and the birds and beasts will feast on their corpses.”

Jeremiah 25:33

Those whom Yahweh slaughters that day will be from all over the earth, and no one will mourn for them. No one will gather their bodies or bury them; they will lie as dung on the ground.

Jeremiah 6:21

So this is what Yahweh has said: “I will put obstacles before these people, and they will stumble and fall over them. Fathers and children, neighbors and friends, all will die.”

Jeremiah 7:33

Their corpses will be food for the birds and wild animals with no one to frighten them away.

Jeremiah 8:2

They will spread them out before the sun and the moon and all the stars of heaven, which they loved and served. They went after cosmic powers, inquired of them, bowed down before them in adoration, and worshiped them. Because they did these things, their bones will not be buried but will become fertilizer for the ground.