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 they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

And the people {H5971} to whom they prophesy {H5012} shall be cast out {H7993} in the streets {H2351} of Jerusalem {H3389} because {H6440} of the famine {H7458} and the sword {H2719}; and they shall have none to bury {H6912} them {H1992}, them, their wives {H802}, nor their sons {H1121}, nor their daughters {H1323}: for I will pour {H8210} their wickedness {H7451} upon them.

And the people to whom they are prophesying will be thrown out into the streets of Yerushalayim because of the famine and war, with no one to bury them - them, or their wives, or their sons, or their daughters - because I will pour their own wickedness out upon them.

And the people to whom they prophesy will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out their own evil upon them.

And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them—them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 7:33 (4 votes)

    And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray [them] away.

  • Jeremiah 15:2 (4 votes)

    And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as [are] for death, to death; and such as [are] for the sword, to the sword; and such as [are] for the famine, to the famine; and such as [are] for the captivity, to the captivity.

  • Jeremiah 15:3 (4 votes)

    And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.

  • Proverbs 1:31 (4 votes)

    Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

  • Psalms 79:2 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Psalms 79:3 (4 votes)

    Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and [there was] none to bury [them].

  • Jeremiah 13:22 (3 votes)

    ¶ And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, [and] thy heels made bare.