Verse 4

They shall die{H4191} grievous{H8463} deaths:{H4463} they shall not be lamented,{H5594} neither shall they be buried;{H6912} they shall be as dung{H1828} upon the face{H6440} of the ground;{H127} and they shall be consumed{H3615} by the sword,{H2719} and by famine;{H7458} and their dead bodies{H5038} shall be food{H3978} for the birds{H5775} of the heavens,{H8064} and for the beasts{H929} of the earth.{H776}

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 25:33 : 33 And the slain{H2491} of Jehovah{H3068} shall be at that day{H3117} from one end{H7097} of the earth{H776} even unto the other end{H7097} of the earth:{H776} they shall not be lamented,{H5594} neither gathered,{H622} nor buried;{H6912} they shall be dung{H1828} upon{H6440} the face of the ground.{H127}
  • Jer 9:22 : 22 Speak,{H1696} Thus saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} The dead bodies{H5038} of men{H120} shall fall{H5307} as dung{H1828} upon the open{H6440} field,{H7704} and as the handful{H5995} after{H310} the harvestman;{H7114} and none shall gather{H622} [them].
  • Ps 83:10 : 10 Who perished{H8045} at Endor,{H5874} Who became as dung{H1828} for the earth.{H127}
  • Jer 34:20 : 20 I will even give{H5414} them into the hand{H3027} of their enemies,{H341} and into the hand{H3027} of them that seek{H1245} their life;{H5315} and their dead bodies{H5038} shall be for food{H3978} unto the birds{H5775} of the heavens,{H8064} and to the beasts{H929} of the earth.{H776}
  • Zeph 1:17 : 17 And I will bring distress{H6887} upon men,{H120} that they shall walk{H1980} like blind men,{H5787} because they have sinned{H2398} against Jehovah;{H3068} and their blood{H1818} shall be poured out{H8210} as dust,{H6083} and their flesh{H3894} as dung.{H1561}
  • Jer 15:2-3 : 2 And it shall come to pass, when they say{H559} unto thee, Whither shall we go forth?{H3318} then thou shalt tell{H559} them, Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} Such as are for death,{H4194} to death;{H4194} and such as are for the sword,{H2719} to the sword;{H2719} and such as are for the famine,{H7458} to the famine;{H7458} and such as are for captivity,{H7628} to captivity.{H7628} 3 And I will appoint{H6485} over them four{H702} kinds,{H4940} saith{H5002} Jehovah:{H3068} the sword{H2719} to slay,{H2026} and the dogs{H3611} to tear,{H5498} and the birds{H5775} of the heavens,{H8064} and the beasts{H929} of the earth,{H776} to devour{H398} and to destroy.{H7843}
  • Ps 79:2-3 : 2 The dead bodies{H5038} of thy servants{H5650} have they given{H5414} to be food{H3978} unto the birds{H5775} of the heavens,{H8064} The flesh{H1320} of thy saints{H2623} unto the beasts{H2416} of the earth.{H776} 3 Their blood{H1818} have they shed{H8210} like water{H4325} round about{H5439} Jerusalem;{H3389} And there was none to bury{H6912} them.
  • Jer 22:18-19 : 18 Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} concerning Jehoiakim{H3079} the son{H1121} of Josiah,{H2977} king{H4428} of Judah:{H3063} they shall not lament{H5594} for him, [saying], Ah{H1945} my brother!{H251} or, Ah{H1945} sister!{H269} They shall not lament{H5594} for him, [saying] Ah{H1945} lord!{H113} or, Ah{H1945} his glory!{H1935} 19 He shall be buried{H6912} with the burial{H6900} of an ass,{H2543} drawn{H5498} and cast forth{H7993} beyond{H1973} the gates{H8179} of Jerusalem.{H3389}
  • Isa 18:6 : 6 They shall be left{H5800} together{H3162} unto the ravenous birds{H5861} of the mountains,{H2022} and to the beasts{H929} of the earth;{H776} and the ravenous birds{H5861} shall summer{H6972} upon them, and all the beasts{H929} of the earth{H776} shall winter{H2778} upon them.
  • Jer 7:33 : 33 And the dead bodies{H5038} of this people{H5971} shall be food{H3978} for the birds{H5775} of the heavens,{H8064} and for the beasts{H929} of the earth;{H776} and none shall frighten them away.{H2729}
  • Jer 8:1-3 : 1 At that time,{H6256} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} they shall bring out{H3318} the bones{H6106} of the kings{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} and the bones{H6106} of his princes,{H8269} and the bones{H6106} of the priests,{H3548} and the bones{H6106} of the prophets,{H5030} and the bones{H6106} of the inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem,{H3389} out of their graves;{H6913} 2 and they shall spread{H7849} them before the sun,{H8121} and the moon,{H3394} and all the host{H6635} of heaven,{H8064} which they have loved,{H157} and which they have served,{H5647} and after{H310} which they have walked,{H1980} and which they have sought,{H1875} and which they have worshipped:{H7812} they shall not be gathered,{H622} nor be buried,{H6912} they shall be for dung{H1828} upon the face{H6440} of the earth.{H127} 3 And death{H4194} shall be chosen{H977} rather than life{H2416} by all the residue{H7611} that remain{H7604} of this evil{H7451} family,{H4940} that remain{H7604} in all the places{H4725} whither I have driven{H5080} them, saith{H5002} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}
  • Isa 5:25 : 25 Therefore is the anger{H639} of Jehovah{H3068} kindled{H2734} against his people,{H5971} and he hath stretched forth{H5186} his hand{H3027} against them, and hath smitten{H5221} them; and the mountains{H2022} tremble,{H7264} and their dead bodies{H5038} are as refuse{H5478} in the midst{H7130} of the streets.{H2351} For all this his anger{H639} is not turned away,{H7725} but his hand{H3027} is stretched out{H5186} still.
  • 1 Kgs 14:10-11 : 10 therefore, behold, I will bring{H935} evil{H7451} upon the house{H1004} of Jeroboam,{H3379} and will cut off{H3772} from Jeroboam{H3379} every man-child,{H8366} {H7023} him that is shut up{H6113} and him that is left{H5800} at large in Israel,{H3478} and will utterly{H310} sweep away{H1197} the house{H1004} of Jeroboam,{H3379} as a man sweepeth away{H1197} dung,{H1557} till it be all gone.{H8552} 11 Him that dieth{H4191} of Jeroboam{H3379} in the city{H5892} shall the dogs{H3611} eat;{H398} and him that dieth{H4191} in the field{H7704} shall the birds{H5775} of the heavens{H8064} eat:{H398} for Jehovah{H3068} hath spoken{H1696} it.
  • 1 Kgs 21:23-24 : 23 And of Jezebel{H348} also spake{H1696} Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559} The dogs{H3611} shall eat{H398} Jezebel{H348} by the rampart{H2426} of Jezreel.{H3157} 24 Him that dieth{H4191} of Ahab{H256} in the city{H5892} the dogs{H3611} shall eat;{H398} and him that dieth{H4191} in the field{H7704} shall the birds{H5775} of the heavens{H8064} eat.{H398}
  • 2 Kgs 9:10 : 10 And the dogs{H3611} shall eat{H398} Jezebel{H348} in the portion{H2506} of Jezreel,{H3157} and there shall be none to bury{H6912} her. And he opened{H6605} the door,{H1817} and fled.{H5127}
  • 2 Kgs 9:36-37 : 36 Wherefore they came back,{H7725} and told{H5046} him. And he said,{H559} This is the word{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} which he spake{H1696} by{H3027} his servant{H5650} Elijah{H452} the Tishbite,{H8664} saying,{H559} In the portion{H2506} of Jezreel{H3157} shall the dogs{H3611} eat{H398} the flesh{H1320} of Jezebel;{H348} 37 and the body{H5038} of Jezebel{H348} shall be as dung{H1828} upon the face{H6440} of the field{H7704} in the portion{H2506} of Jezreel,{H3157} so that they shall not say,{H559} This is Jezebel.{H348}
  • Ps 78:64 : 64 Their priests{H3548} fell{H5307} by the sword;{H2719} And their widows{H490} made no lamentation.{H1058}
  • Jer 34:17 : 17 Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} ye have not hearkened{H8085} unto me, to proclaim{H7121} liberty,{H1865} every man{H376} to his brother,{H251} and every man{H376} to his neighbor:{H7453} behold, I proclaim{H7121} unto you a liberty,{H1865} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} to the sword,{H2719} to the pestilence,{H1698} and to the famine;{H7458} and I will make{H5414} you to be tossed{H2189} to and fro among all the kingdoms{H4467} of the earth.{H776}
  • Jer 16:5-7 : 5 For thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Enter{H935} not into the house{H1004} of mourning,{H4798} neither go{H3212} to lament,{H5594} neither bemoan{H5110} them; for I have taken away{H622} my peace{H7965} from this people,{H5971} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} even lovingkindness{H2617} and tender mercies.{H7356} 6 Both great{H1419} and small{H6996} shall die{H4191} in this land;{H776} they shall not be buried,{H6912} neither shall men lament{H5594} for them, nor cut{H1413} themselves, nor make themselves bald{H7139} for them; 7 neither shall men break{H6536} [bread] for them in mourning,{H60} to comfort{H5162} them for the dead;{H4191} neither shall men give them the cup{H3563} of consolation{H8575} to drink{H8248} for their father{H1} or for their mother.{H517}
  • Jer 14:15-16 : 15 Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} concerning the prophets{H5030} that prophesy{H5012} in my name,{H8034} and I sent{H7971} them not, yet they say,{H559} Sword{H2719} and famine{H7458} shall not be in this land:{H776} By sword{H2719} and famine{H7458} shall those prophets{H5030} be consumed.{H8552} 16 And the people{H5971} to whom they prophesy{H5012} shall be cast out{H7993} in the streets{H2351} of Jerusalem{H3389} because{H6440} of the famine{H7458} and the sword;{H2719} and they shall have none to bury{H6912} them—them,{H1992} their wives,{H802} nor their sons,{H1121} nor their daughters:{H1323} for I will pour{H8210} their wickedness{H7451} upon them.
  • Rev 19:17-18 : 17 And{G2532} I saw{G1492} an{G1520} angel{G32} standing{G2476} in{G1722} the sun;{G2246} and{G2532} he cried{G2896} with a loud{G3173} voice,{G5456} saying{G3004} to all{G3956} the birds{G3732} that fly{G4072} in{G1722} mid heaven,{G3321} Come{G1205} [and]{G2532} be gathered together{G4863} unto{G1519} the great{G3173} supper{G1173} of God;{G2316} 18 that{G2443} ye may eat{G5315} the flesh{G4561} of kings,{G935} and{G2532} the flesh{G4561} of captains,{G5506} and{G2532} the flesh{G4561} of mighty men,{G2478} and{G2532} the flesh{G4561} of horses{G2462} and{G2532} of them that sit{G2521} thereon,{G1909} {G846} and{G2532} the flesh{G4561} of all{G3956} men, both free{G1658} and{G2532} bond,{G1401} and{G2532} small{G3398} and{G2532} great.{G3173}
  • Jer 36:30 : 30 Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} concerning Jehoiakim{H3079} king{H4428} of Judah:{H3063} He shall have none to sit{H3427} upon the throne{H3678} of David;{H1732} and his dead body{H5038} shall be cast out{H7993} in the day{H3117} to the heat,{H2721} and in the night{H3915} to the frost.{H7140}
  • Jer 44:12 : 12 And I will take{H3947} the remnant{H7611} of Judah,{H3063} that have set{H7760} their faces{H6440} to go{H935} into the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} to sojourn{H1481} there, and they shall all be consumed;{H8552} in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} shall they fall;{H5307} they shall be consumed{H8552} by the sword{H2719} and by the famine;{H7458} they shall die,{H4191} from the least{H6996} even unto the greatest,{H1419} by the sword{H2719} and by the famine;{H7458} and they shall be an execration,{H423} [and] an astonishment,{H8047} and a curse,{H7045} and a reproach.{H2781}
  • Jer 44:27 : 27 Behold, I watch{H8245} over them for evil,{H7451} and not for good;{H2896} and all the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} that are in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} shall be consumed{H8552} by the sword{H2719} and by the famine,{H7458} until there be an end{H3615} of them.
  • Ezek 5:12 : 12 A third part{H7992} of thee shall die{H4191} with the pestilence,{H1698} and with famine{H7458} shall they be consumed{H3615} in the midst{H8432} of thee; and a third part{H7992} shall fall{H5307} by the sword{H2719} round about{H5439} thee; and a third part{H7992} I will scatter{H2219} unto all the winds,{H7307} and will draw out{H7324} a sword{H2719} after{H310} them.
  • Ezek 39:17-20 : 17 And thou, son{H1121} of man,{H120} thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Speak{H559} unto the birds{H6833} of every sort,{H3671} and to every beast{H2416} of the field,{H7704} Assemble{H6908} yourselves, and come;{H935} gather{H622} yourselves on every side{H5439} to my sacrifice{H2077} that I do sacrifice{H2076} for you, even a great{H1419} sacrifice{H2077} upon the mountains{H2022} of Israel,{H3478} that ye may eat{H398} flesh{H1320} and drink{H8354} blood.{H1818} 18 Ye shall eat{H398} the flesh{H1320} of the mighty,{H1368} and drink{H8354} the blood{H1818} of the princes{H5387} of the earth,{H776} of rams,{H352} of lambs,{H3733} and of goats,{H6260} of bullocks,{H6499} all of them fatlings{H4806} of Bashan.{H1316} 19 And ye shall eat{H398} fat{H2459} till ye be full,{H7654} and drink{H8354} blood{H1818} till ye be drunken,{H7943} of my sacrifice{H2077} which I have sacrificed{H2076} for you. 20 And ye shall be filled{H7646} at my table{H7979} with horses{H5483} and chariots,{H7393} with mighty men,{H1368} and with all men{H376} of war,{H4421} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}
  • Amos 6:9-9 : 9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain{H3498} ten{H6235} men{H582} in one{H259} house,{H1004} that they shall die.{H4191} 10 And when a man's uncle{H1730} shall take him up,{H5375} even he that burneth{H5635} him, to bring out{H3318} the bones{H6106} out of the house,{H1004} and shall say{H559} unto him that is in the innermost parts{H3411} of the house,{H1004} Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say,{H559} No;{H657} then shall he say,{H559} Hold thy peace;{H2013} for we may not make mention{H2142} of the name{H8034} of Jehovah.{H3068}