Yeremia 7:33
Konteks7:33 Then the dead bodies of these people will be left on the ground for the birds and wild animals to eat. 1 There will not be any survivors to scare them away.
Yeremia 8:2
Konteks8:2 They will be spread out and exposed to the sun, the moon and the stars. 2 These are things they 3 adored and served, things to which they paid allegiance, 4 from which they sought guidance, and worshiped. The bones of these people 5 will never be regathered and reburied. They will be like manure used to fertilize the ground. 6
Yeremia 9:22
Konteks9:22 Tell 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.”’” 7
Yeremia 16:4
Konteks16:4 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.
Yeremia 22:19
Konteks22:19 He will be left unburied just like a dead donkey.
His body will be dragged off and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.’” 8
Yeremia 34:20
Konteks34:20 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. 9
[7:33] 1 tn Heb “Their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.”
[8:2] 2 tc MT, 4QJera and LXX read “the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven,” but 4QJerc reads “the sun and all the stars.”
[8:2] tn Heb “the host of heaven.”
[8:2] 3 tn Heb “the sun, moon, and host of heaven which they…”
[8:2] 4 tn Heb “followed after.” See the translator’s note at 2:5 for the idiom.
[8:2] 5 tn Heb “they will not” but the referent is far enough removed that it might be ambiguous.
[8:2] 6 tn Heb “like dung/manure on the surface of the ground.”
[9:22] 7 tn Or “‘Death has climbed…city squares. And the dead bodies of people lie scattered…They lie scattered…but has not been gathered.’ The
[22:19] 8 sn A similar judgment against this ungodly king is pronounced by Jeremiah in 36:30. According to 2 Chr 36:6 he was bound over to be taken captive to Babylon but apparently died before he got there. According to the Jewish historian Josephus, Nebuchadnezzar ordered his body thrown outside the wall in fulfillment of this judgment. The Bible itself, however, does not tell us that.
[22:19] map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[34:20] 9 sn See this same phrase in Jer 7:33; 16:4; 19:7.