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Summary

That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.

Bible References

Ye

Deuteronomy 28:26
Your carcasses will be food for every bird of the sky and wild animal of the earth, and there will be no one to chase them off.
1 Samuel 17:44
The Philistine said to David, "Come here to me, so I can give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the field!"
Psalm 110:5
O sovereign Lord, at your right hand he strikes down kings in the day he unleashes his anger.
Jeremiah 7:33
Then the dead bodies of these people will be left on the ground for the birds and wild animals to eat. There will not be any survivors to scare them away.
Jeremiah 16:4
They will die of deadly diseases. No one will mourn for them. They will not be buried. Their dead bodies will lie like manure spread on the ground. They will be killed in war or die of starvation. Their corpses will be food for the birds and wild animals.
Jeremiah 19:7
In this place I will thwart the plans of the people of Judah and Jerusalem. I will deliver them over to the power of their enemies who are seeking to kill them. They will die by the sword at the hands of their enemies. I will make their dead bodies food for the birds and wild beasts to eat.
Jeremiah 34:20
I will hand them over to their enemies who want to kill them. Their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.
Ezekiel 29:5
I will leave you in the wilderness, you and all the fish of your waterways; you will fall in the open field and will not be gathered up or collected. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the skies.
Ezekiel 39:18
You will eat the flesh of warriors and drink the blood of the princes of the earth -- the rams, lambs, goats, and bulls, all of them fattened animals of Bashan.
Matthew 24:28
Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.
Luke 17:37
Then the disciples said to him, "Where, Lord?" He replied to them, "Where the dead body is, there the vultures will gather."

Of all

Revelation 6:15
Then the kings of the earth, the very important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
Revelation 13:16
He also caused everyone (small and great, rich and poor, free and slave) to obtain a mark on their right hand or on their forehead.

General references

Isaiah 18:6
They will all be left for the birds of the hills and the wild animals; the birds will eat them during the summer, and all the wild animals will eat them during the winter.
Isaiah 40:23
He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing; he makes the earth's leaders insignificant.
Isaiah 56:9
All you wild animals in the fields, come and devour, all you wild animals in the forest!
Jeremiah 7:33
Then the dead bodies of these people will be left on the ground for the birds and wild animals to eat. There will not be any survivors to scare them away.
Jeremiah 51:21
I used you to smash horses and their riders. I used you to smash chariots and their drivers.
Ezekiel 31:13
On its ruins all the birds of the sky will live, and all the wild animals will walk on its branches.
Ezekiel 32:4
I will leave you on the ground, I will fling you on the open field, I will allow all the birds of the sky to settle on you, and I will permit all the wild animals to gorge themselves on you.
Ezekiel 39:20
You will fill up at my table with horses and charioteers, with warriors and all the soldiers,' declares the sovereign Lord.

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