Jeremiah 34:20
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I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
In other translations
I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
Hebrew words
וְנָתַתִּיvenatatiand I will giveH5414אוֹתָם'otam<obj.> themH853בְּיַדbeyadin [the] hand ofH3027אֹיְבֵיהֶם'oyeveihemenemies theirH341וּבְיַדuveyadand in [the] hand ofH3027מְבַקְשֵׁיmevakshei[those who] seekH1245נַפְשָׁםnafshamlife theirH5315וְהָיְתָהvehayetahand it will becomeH1961נִבְלָתָםnivlatamcorpse theirH5038לְמַאֲכָלlema'akhal<into> foodH3978לְעוֹףle'offor [the] bird[s] ofH5775הַשָּׁמַיִםhashamayimthe heavensH8064וּלְבֶהֱמַתulevehematand for [the] animal[s] ofH929הָאָרֶץ׃ha'aretzthe earthH776
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