Verse 4
Jeremiah 16:4
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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They shall die grievous deaths: they shall 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 dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the heavens, 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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