Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Burial » Privation of, considered a calamity
A man may father a hundred children and live many years. No matter how long he lives, if he is not satisfied by good things and does not even have a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
dead Bodies » Unburied, a mark of disgrace
Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land, with no one to scare them away.
They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will be like manure on the face of the earth. They will be finished off by sword and famine. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land.
A man may father a hundred children and live many years. No matter how long he lives, if he is not satisfied by good things and does not even have a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
to the birds of the sky for food,
the flesh of Your godly ones
to the beasts of the earth.
like a worthless branch,
covered by those slain with the sword
and dumped into a rocky pit like a trampled corpse.
The corpses of these people will become food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land, with no one to scare them away.
Those slain by the Lord on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like manure on the surface of the ground.
will be handed over to their enemies, to those who want to take their life. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land.