Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
dead Bodies » Unburied, a mark of disgrace
Your body will be food to all birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth. And no man shall frighten them away.
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They will die of lethal diseases. They will not be mourned or buried. They will be as dung on the surface of the ground and die by sword and famine (war and starvation). Their carcasses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth.
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A man can have a hundred children and live many years. If he does not enjoy prosperity and have a decent burial, a stillborn child is better off then he.
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They have given the dead bodies of your servants to the birds for food. They have given the flesh of your godly ones to the animals.
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However you are thrown out of your tomb like a rejected branch. You are covered with those who were killed in battle. You go down to the stones (bottom) of the pit like a trampled corpse.
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The dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth. No one will frighten them away.
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On that day those killed by Jehovah will stretch from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, taken away, or buried. They will become like manure on the ground.'
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I will hand them over to their enemies who want to kill them. Their corpses will be food for birds and wild animals.
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Jews, the » Denunciations against those who » Slaughtered
([Psalm of Asaph]) O God, the nations have invaded the land that belongs to you. They have dishonored (defiled) your holy temple. They have left Jerusalem in ruins. They have given the dead bodies of your servants to the birds for food. They have given the flesh of your godly ones to the animals. They have shed the blood of your people around Jerusalem as though it were water. There is no one to bury your people. read more.
We have become a disgrace to our neighbors, an object of ridicule and contempt to those around us. How long, O Jehovah? Will you remain angry forever? Will your fury (zeal) continue to burn like fire? Pour your fury (anger) on the nations that do not know you, on the kingdoms that have not called you. They have devoured Jacob. They have destroyed his home.
We have become a disgrace to our neighbors, an object of ridicule and contempt to those around us. How long, O Jehovah? Will you remain angry forever? Will your fury (zeal) continue to burn like fire? Pour your fury (anger) on the nations that do not know you, on the kingdoms that have not called you. They have devoured Jacob. They have destroyed his home.
Because you have had everlasting enmity and have delivered the sons of Israel to the power of the sword (to die by warfare) at the time of their calamity, at the time of the punishment of the end.' Therefore as I live, declares the Lord Jehovah: I will give you over to bloodshed (death), and bloodshed (death) will pursue you. Since you have not hated bloodshed, therefore bloodshed will pursue you.