Verse 4

Jeremiah 16:4

English Revised Version

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4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shalt not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung upon the face of the ground: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

Original Language Text

hebrew

מְמוֹתֵ֨י תַחֲלֻאִ֜ים יָמֻ֗תוּ לֹ֤א יִסָּֽפְדוּ֙ וְ/לֹ֣א יִקָּבֵ֔רוּ לְ/דֹ֛מֶן עַל פְּנֵ֥י הָ/אֲדָמָ֖ה יִֽהְי֑וּ וּ/בַ/חֶ֤רֶב וּ/בָֽ/רָעָב֙ יִכְל֔וּ וְ/הָיְתָ֤ה נִבְלָתָ/ם֙ לְ/מַאֲכָ֔ל לְ/ע֥וֹף הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם וּ/לְ/בֶהֱמַ֥ת הָ/אָֽרֶץ

English Translation

Those who die of diseases shall not be mourned and shall not be buried; they will be like dung on the face of the ground, and by sword and by famine they shall fall, and their carcasses shall be for food for the birds of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth.

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Chapter 16 Context

1 The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying, Focus ↗

2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place. Focus ↗

3 For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place... Focus ↗

4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shalt not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they sh...

5 For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan... Focus ↗

6 Both great and small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for... Focus ↗

7 neither shall men break bread for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men... Focus ↗

8 And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink. Focus ↗

9 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God (Elohim) of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of t... Focus ↗

10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto... Focus ↗

11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walke... Focus ↗

12 and ye have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the stubbornness... Focus ↗

13 therefore will I cast you forth out of this land into the land that ye have not known, neither ye no... Focus ↗

14 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, As the LORD liveth,... Focus ↗

15 but, As the LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from... Focus ↗

16 Behold, I will send for many fishers saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and afterward I will... Focus ↗

17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity conc... Focus ↗

18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have polluted my land... Focus ↗

19 O LORD, my strength, and my strong hold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, unto thee shall the... Focus ↗

20 Shall a man make unto himself gods, which yet are no gods? Focus ↗

21 Therefore, behold, I will cause them to know, this once will I cause them to know mine hand and my m... Focus ↗

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Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 16 (21 verses)
Version: English Revised Version

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