Jeremiah 9:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

Speak, Thus says the LORD, 'Even the carcasses of men shall fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester, and no one shall gather them.'

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  • Jer 8:2 : 2 And they will spread them before the sun, the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, whom they have served, after whom they have walked, whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped. They will not be gathered nor buried; they will be dung upon the face of the earth.
  • Jer 16:4 : 4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be mourned, nor shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth. They shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, and their carcasses shall be food for the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth.
  • Jer 25:33 : 33 And at that day the slain of the LORD shall be from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered nor buried; they shall be like dung upon the ground.
  • Ps 83:10 : 10 Who perished at Endor: they became as dung for the ground.
  • Isa 5:25 : 25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them, and has struck them: and the hills trembled, and their carcasses were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
  • Jer 7:33 : 33 And the carcasses of this people will be meat for the birds of the sky, and for the beasts of the earth; and none will fray them away.
  • 2 Kgs 9:37 : 37 And the body of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the plot of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
  • Zeph 1:17 : 17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out like dust, and their flesh like refuse.

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  • Jer 25:33-34
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    33And at that day the slain of the LORD shall be from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered nor buried; they shall be like dung upon the ground.

    34Wail, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow in the ashes, you leaders of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and your dispersions are fulfilled; and you shall fall like a pleasant vessel.

  • Jer 16:3-4
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    78%

    3For thus says the LORD concerning the sons and daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them, and concerning their fathers who begot them in this land:

    4They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be mourned, nor shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth. They shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, and their carcasses shall be food for the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth.

  • Jer 9:21
    76%

    21For death has climbed up into our windows, and has entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.

  • Zeph 1:17
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    17And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out like dust, and their flesh like refuse.

  • Isa 14:19-20
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    74%

    19But you are cast out of your grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; like a carcass trodden under foot.

    20You will not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, and slain your people: the seed of evildoers will never be renowned.

  • Jer 8:1-3
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    74%

    1At that time, says the LORD, they will bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:

    2And they will spread them before the sun, the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, whom they have served, after whom they have walked, whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped. They will not be gathered nor buried; they will be dung upon the face of the earth.

    3And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the remnant of those that remain of this evil family, who remain in all the places where I have driven them, says the LORD of hosts.

  • Jer 7:33
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    33And the carcasses of this people will be meat for the birds of the sky, and for the beasts of the earth; and none will fray them away.

  • 2 Kgs 9:37
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    37And the body of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the plot of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.

  • Ezek 39:5
    73%

    5You shall fall upon the open field, for I have spoken it, says the Lord GOD.

  • Amos 6:9
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    9And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, they shall die.

  • Jer 11:22
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    22Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:

  • Deut 28:26
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    26And your carcass shall be food unto all fowl of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall frighten them away.

  • Amos 9:9-10
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    72%

    9For behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

    10All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

  • Jer 19:7
    72%

    7And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of those who seek their lives: and their corpses will I give to be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.

  • Jer 14:16
    72%

    16And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; they will have no one to bury them—neither them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters—for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

  • Ezek 9:7
    72%

    7And he said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go forth. And they went forth, and killed in the city.

  • Jer 16:6
    72%

    6Both the great and the small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, nor shall anyone mourn for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.

  • Jer 6:9
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    9Thus says the LORD of hosts, They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine; turn back your hand as a grape gatherer into the baskets.

  • Jer 50:30
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    30Therefore her young men shall fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, says the LORD.

  • Jer 15:2
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    2And it shall come to pass, if they say to you, Where shall we go forth? then you shall tell them, Thus says the LORD; Those for death, to death; and those for the sword, to the sword; and those for the famine, to the famine; and those for the captivity, to the captivity.

  • Joel 1:17
    71%

    17The seed shrivels under their clods, the storehouses are desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.

  • Ezek 6:12
    71%

    12He who is far off shall die of pestilence; and he who is near shall fall by the sword; and he who remains and is besieged shall die by famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.

  • Isa 66:24
    71%

    24And they shall go forth, and look upon the corpses of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, nor shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.

  • Jer 22:19
    71%

    19He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

  • Amos 8:3
    71%

    3And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, declares the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them out in silence.

  • Ps 141:7
    71%

    7Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave, as when one cuts and splits wood upon the earth.

  • Lam 2:21
    71%

    21The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword; You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have killed, and not pitied.

  • Jer 21:9
    71%

    9He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out, and falls to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be as a prize to him.

  • Hos 9:6
    71%

    6For behold, they are gone because of destruction; Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; nettles shall possess their precious silver places; thorns shall be in their tents.

  • Jer 49:26
    71%

    26Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, says the LORD of hosts.

  • Isa 3:25
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    25Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty in battle.

  • Jer 22:29
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    29O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.

  • Jer 9:16
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    16I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.

  • Ezek 33:27
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    27Say thus to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; As I live, surely those who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword, and he who is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

  • Job 21:26
    71%

    26They lie down alike in the dust, and worms cover them.

  • Jer 19:11
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    11And shall say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, until there is no place left to bury.

  • Jer 34:20
    71%

    20I will give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the sky, and to the beasts of the earth.

  • 1 Kgs 14:11
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    11Anyone of Jeroboam who dies in the city shall the dogs eat; and anyone who dies in the field shall the birds of the air eat: for the LORD has spoken it.

  • Mal 2:3
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    3Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.

  • Isa 6:12
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    12And the LORD has removed men far away, and there is a great forsaking in the midst of the land.

  • Jer 9:10
    70%

    10For the mountains I will take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts have fled; they are gone.

  • Jer 5:16
    70%

    16Their quiver is like an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

  • Zech 11:9
    70%

    9Then I said, I will not feed you. Let what dies die, and what is to be cut off, let it be cut off. Let those that remain eat each other's flesh.

  • Mic 3:12
    70%

    12Therefore for your sake Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.