Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
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Bible References
General references
Psalm 79:2
to give the corpses of your servants as food for the birds of the skies and the flesh of your godly ones to the beasts of the earth;
Isaiah 18:6
And they will all be left for birds of prey that live on the mountains and for wild animals. Birds of prey will pass the summer feeding on them, and all the wild animals will pass the winter feeding on them.
Jeremiah 22:19
He will receive a donkey's burial, dragged out and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem."
Ezekiel 7:15
The sword lurks outside, but pestilence and famine are on the prowl inside the house. Whoever is in the field will die by violence, while famine and pestilence will devour those in the city.