Jeremiah 7:33
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And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.
In other translations
And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.
Hebrew words
וְהָיְתָהvehayetahand it will becomeH1961נִבְלַתnivlat[the] corpse[s] ofH5038הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088לְמַאֲכָלlema'akhal<into> foodH3978לְעוֹףle'offor [the] bird[s] ofH5775הַשָּׁמַיִםhashamayimthe heavensH8064וּלְבֶהֱמַתulevehematand for [the] animal[s] ofH929הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe earthH776וְאֵיןve'einand there notH369מַחֲרִיד׃macharid[will be one who] terrifiesH2729
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- Deuteronomy 28:26And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.
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- Jeremiah 19:7And 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 them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
- Jeremiah 34:20I 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.
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