Deuteronomy 28:26
24 The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.
25 The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.
27 The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.
28 The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind,
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.
- KJV
- And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
- WEB
- Your dead bodies will be food to all birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth; and there will be no one to frighten them away.
- ASV
- And thy dead body shall be food unto all birds of the heavens, and unto the beasts of the earth; and there shall be none to frighten them away.
- DARBY
- And thy carcase shall be meat unto all the fowl of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and there shall be no man to scare them away.
- BLB
- And your carcass shall be food for all the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth, and no one shall frighten [them] away.
- ÅB
- Dine døde kropper skal bli til føde for alle himmelens fugler og for jordens dyr, og ingen skal jage dem bort.
- OTB
- Dine lik vil bli mat for alle himmelens fugler og de ville dyrene, og det vil ikke være noen til å skremme dem bort.
- B1930
- Dine døde kropper skal bli til føde for alle himmelens fugler og for jordens dyr, og ingen skal jage dem bort.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 16:4
“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.”
Read in contextJeremiah 34:20
I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
Read in contextJeremiah 7:33
The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.
Read in contextJeremiah 19:7
And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
Read in contextJeremiah 8:1
“At that time,” declares the LORD, “the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves.
Read in context1 Samuel 17:44–46
“Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”
Read in contextIsaiah 34:3
Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.
Read in contextEzekiel 39:17–20
And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.
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