Treasury of Scripture Knowledge They have given the dead bodies of thy servants to be meat for the fowls of the air: the flesh of thy saints for the beasts of the earth. Jeremiah 7:33 And the carcasses of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the air, and for the beasts of the earth, and there shall be none to drive them away. Jeremiah 15:3 And I will visit them with four kinds, saith the Lord: The sword to kill, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy. Jeremiah 16:4 They shall die by the death of grievous illnesses: they shall not be lamented, and they shall not be buried, they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed with the sword, and with famine: and their carcasses shall be meat for the fowls of the air, and for the beasts of the earth. Jeremiah 34:20 And I will give them into the hands of their enemies, and into the hands of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat to the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the earth. Context A Prayer for Deliverance1A psalm for Asaph. O God, the heathens are come into thy inheritance, they have defiled thy holy temple: they have made Jerusalem as a place to keep fruit. 2They have given the dead bodies of thy servants to be meat for the fowls of the air: the flesh of thy saints for the beasts of the earth.3They have poured out their blood as water, round about Jerusalem and there was none to bury them.… Cross References Revelation 11:9 And they of the tribes and peoples and tongues and nations shall see their bodies for three days and a half: and they shall not suffer their bodies to be laid in sepulchres. Deuteronomy 28:26 And be thy carcass meat for all the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the earth, and be there none to drive them away. Psalm 4:3 Know ye also that the Lord hath made his holy one wonderful: the Lord will hear me when I shall cry unto him. Jeremiah 7:33 And the carcasses of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the air, and for the beasts of the earth, and there shall be none to drive them away. Jeremiah 14:16 And the people to whom they prophesy, shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword, and there shall be none to bury them: they and their wives, their sons and their daughters, and I will pour out their own wickedness upon them. Jeremiah 16:4 They shall die by the death of grievous illnesses: they shall not be lamented, and they shall not be buried, they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed with the sword, and with famine: and their carcasses shall be meat for the fowls of the air, and for the beasts of the earth. Jeremiah 19:7 And I will defeat the counsel of Juda and of Jerusalem in this place: and I will destroy them with the sword in the sight of their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and I will give their carcasses to be meat for the fowls of the air, and for the beasts of the earth. Jeremiah 34:20 And I will give them into the hands of their enemies, and into the hands of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat to the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the earth. Lexicon They have givenנָֽתְנ֡וּ (nā·ṯə·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set the corpses נִבְלַ֬ת (niḇ·laṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 5038: A flabby thing, a carcase, carrion, an idol of Your servants עֲבָדֶ֗יךָ (‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant as food מַ֭אֲכָל (ma·’ă·ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3978: An eatable to the birds לְע֣וֹף (lə·‘ō·wp̄) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 5775: Flying creatures of the air, הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם (haš·šā·mā·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 8064: Heaven, sky the flesh בְּשַׂ֥ר (bə·śar) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man of Your saints חֲ֝סִידֶ֗יךָ (ḥă·sî·ḏe·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2623: Kind, pious to the beasts לְחַיְתוֹ־ (lə·ḥay·ṯōw-) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life of the earth. אָֽרֶץ׃ (’ā·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land Additional Translations They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.The dead bodies of your servants have they given to be meat to the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth. The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens, The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. They have given the dead bodies of thy servants to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of thy holy ones for the wild beasts of the earth. The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowl of the heavens, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth: The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food to the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints, to the beasts of the earth. They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth. They gave the dead bodies of Thy servants Food for the fowls of the heavens, The flesh of Thy saints For the wild beast of the earth. 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