Deuteronomy 28:26

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Your carcasses will be food for every bird of the sky and wild animal of the earth, and there will be no one to chase them off.

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  • Jer 7:33 : 33 Then the dead bodies of these people will be left on the ground for the birds and wild animals to eat. There will not be any survivors to scare them away.
  • Jer 16:4 : 4 They will die of deadly diseases. No one will mourn for them. They will not be buried. Their dead bodies will lie like manure spread on the ground. They will be killed in war or die of starvation. Their corpses will be food for the birds and wild animals.
  • Jer 34:20 : 20 I will hand them over to their enemies who want to kill them. Their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.
  • Jer 19:7 : 7 In this place I will thwart the plans of the people of Judah and Jerusalem. I will deliver them over to the power of their enemies who are seeking to kill them. They will die by the sword at the hands of their enemies. I will make their dead bodies food for the birds and wild beasts to eat.
  • Ezek 39:17-20 : 17 “As for you, son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Tell every kind of bird and every wild beast:‘Assemble and come! Gather from all around to my slaughter which I am going to make for you, a great slaughter on the mountains of Israel! You will eat flesh and drink blood. 18 You will eat the flesh of warriors and drink the blood of the princes of the earth– the rams, lambs, goats, and bulls, all of them fattened animals of Bashan. 19 You will eat fat until you are full, and drink blood until you are drunk, at my slaughter which I have made for you. 20 You will fill up at my table with horses and charioteers, with warriors and all the soldiers,’ declares the Sovereign LORD.
  • Jer 8:1 : 1 The LORD says,“When that time comes, the bones of the kings of Judah and its leaders, the bones of the priests and prophets and of all the other people who lived in Jerusalem will be dug up from their graves.
  • 1 Sam 17:44-46 : 44 The Philistine said to David,“Come here to me, so I can give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the field!” 45 But David replied to the Philistine,“You are coming against me with sword and spear and javelin. But I am coming against you in the name of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel’s armies, whom you have defied! 46 This very day the LORD will deliver you into my hand! I will strike you down and cut off your head. This day I will give the corpses of the Philistine army to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land. Then all the land will realize that Israel has a God,
  • Ps 79:1-3 : 1 A psalm of Asaph. O God, foreigners have invaded your chosen land; they have polluted your holy temple and turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins. 2 They have given the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky; the flesh of your loyal followers to the beasts of the earth. 3 They have made their blood flow like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them.
  • Isa 34:3 : 3 Their slain will be left unburied, their corpses will stink; the hills will soak up their blood.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 7:33
    87%

    33Then the dead bodies of these people will be left on the ground for the birds and wild animals to eat. There will not be any survivors to scare them away.

  • Ps 79:2
    80%

    2They have given the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky; the flesh of your loyal followers to the beasts of the earth.

  • Jer 34:20
    79%

    20I will hand them over to their enemies who want to kill them. Their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.

  • Ezek 32:4-5
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    79%

    4I will leave you on the ground, I will fling you on the open field, I will allow all the birds of the sky to settle on you, and I will permit all the wild animals to gorge themselves on you.

    5I will put your flesh on the mountains, and fill the valleys with your maggot-infested carcass.

  • Ezek 39:4
    78%

    4You will fall dead on the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the people who are with you. I give you as food to every kind of bird and every wild beast.

  • Deut 28:25
    77%

    25Curses by Defeat and Deportation“The LORD will allow you to be struck down before your enemies; you will attack them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions and will become an object of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • Jer 16:4
    77%

    4They will die of deadly diseases. No one will mourn for them. They will not be buried. Their dead bodies will lie like manure spread on the ground. They will be killed in war or die of starvation. Their corpses will be food for the birds and wild animals.

  • Lev 26:36-38
    3 verses
    77%

    36“‘As for the ones who remain among you, I will bring despair into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a blowing leaf will pursue them, and they will flee as one who flees the sword and fall down even though there is no pursuer.

    37They will stumble over each other as those who flee before a sword, though there is no pursuer, and there will be no one to take a stand for you before your enemies.

    38You will perish among the nations; the land of your enemies will consume you.

  • Isa 18:6
    77%

    6They will all be left for the birds of the hills and the wild animals; the birds will eat them during the summer, and all the wild animals will eat them during the winter.

  • Jer 19:7
    76%

    7In this place I will thwart the plans of the people of Judah and Jerusalem. I will deliver them over to the power of their enemies who are seeking to kill them. They will die by the sword at the hands of their enemies. I will make their dead bodies food for the birds and wild beasts to eat.

  • Deut 28:31
    75%

    31Your ox will be slaughtered before your very eyes but you will not eat of it. Your donkey will be stolen from you as you watch and will not be returned to you. Your flock of sheep will be given to your enemies and there will be no one to save you.

  • Ezek 29:5
    75%

    5I will leave you in the wilderness, you and all the fish of your waterways; you will fall in the open field and will not be gathered up or collected. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the skies.

  • Deut 28:51
    74%

    51They will devour the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your soil until you are destroyed. They will not leave you with any grain, new wine, olive oil, calves of your herds, or lambs of your flocks until they have destroyed you.

  • Ezek 31:13
    74%

    13On its ruins all the birds of the sky will live, and all the wild animals will walk on its branches.

  • Deut 14:19-20
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    74%

    19And any swarming winged thing is impure to you– they may not be eaten.

    20You may eat any clean winged creature.

  • Deut 28:42
    74%

    42Whirring locusts will take over every tree and all the produce of your soil.

  • 1 Kgs 14:11
    74%

    11Dogs will eat the members of your family who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country.”’ Indeed, the LORD has announced it!

  • Ps 148:10
    73%

    10you animals and all you cattle, you creeping things and birds,

  • 1 Sam 17:44
    73%

    44The Philistine said to David,“Come here to me, so I can give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the field!”

  • Matt 24:28
    73%

    28Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.

  • Deut 28:66
    73%

    66Your life will hang in doubt before you; you will be terrified by night and day and will have no certainty of surviving from one day to the next.

  • Exod 22:31
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    31“You will be holy people to me; you must not eat any meat torn by animals in the field. You must throw it to the dogs.

  • Deut 28:27
    73%

    27The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, eczema, and scabies, all of which cannot be healed.

  • Jer 9:22
    73%

    22Tell your daughters and neighbors,‘The LORD says,“The dead bodies of people will lie scattered everywhere like manure scattered on a field. They will lie scattered on the ground like grain that has been cut down but has not been gathered.”’”

  • 1 Kgs 21:24
    73%

    24As for Ahab’s family, dogs will eat the ones who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country.”

  • Jer 30:16
    73%

    16But all who destroyed you will be destroyed. All your enemies will go into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered. I will cause those who pillaged you to be pillaged.

  • Deut 28:21
    72%

    21The LORD will plague you with deadly diseases until he has completely removed you from the land you are about to possess.

  • Isa 56:9
    72%

    9The Lord Denounces Israel’s Paganism All you wild animals in the fields, come and devour, all you wild animals in the forest!

  • Nah 3:15
    72%

    15There the fire will consume you; the sword will cut you down; it will devour you like the young locust would.The Assyrian Defenders Will Flee Multiply yourself like the young locust; multiply yourself like the flying locust!

  • Lev 26:17
    72%

    17I will set my face against you. You will be struck down before your enemies, those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when there is no one pursuing you.

  • Deut 28:18
    72%

    18Your children will be cursed, as well as the produce of your soil, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

  • Ezek 39:17
    72%

    17“As for you, son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Tell every kind of bird and every wild beast:‘Assemble and come! Gather from all around to my slaughter which I am going to make for you, a great slaughter on the mountains of Israel! You will eat flesh and drink blood.

  • Lev 7:26
    72%

    26And you must not eat any blood of the birds or the domesticated land animals in any of the places where you live.

  • Lev 11:20
    72%

    20Clean and Unclean Insects“‘Every winged swarming thing that walks on all fours is detestable to you.

  • Lev 26:22
    72%

    22I will send the wild animals against you and they will bereave you of your children, annihilate your cattle, and diminish your population so that your roads will become deserted.

  • 1 Kgs 16:4
    72%

    4Dogs will eat the members of Baasha’s family who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country.”

  • Lev 25:7
    72%

    7your cattle, and the wild animals that are in your land– all its produce will be for you to eat.

  • Hos 4:3
    72%

    3Therefore the land will mourn, and all its inhabitants will perish. The wild animals, the birds of the sky, and even the fish in the sea will perish.

  • Deut 28:55
    71%

    55He will withhold from all of them his children’s flesh that he is eating(since there is nothing else left), because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages.

  • Lev 26:29
    71%

    29You will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters.

  • Lev 22:8
    71%

    8He must not eat an animal that has died of natural causes or an animal torn by beasts and thus become unclean by it. I am the LORD.

  • Ezek 44:31
    71%

    31The priests will not eat any bird or animal that has died a natural death or was torn to pieces by a wild animal.

  • Deut 14:11
    71%

    11All ritually clean birds you may eat.

  • Gen 9:2
    71%

    2Every living creature of the earth and every bird of the sky will be terrified of you. Everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea are under your authority.

  • Deut 28:38
    71%

    38The Curse of Reversed Status“You will take much seed to the field but gather little harvest, because locusts will consume it.

  • Ezek 28:19
    71%

    19All who know you among the peoples are shocked at you; you have become terrified and will be no more.’”