Jeremiah 15:3

And I will put over them four divisions, says the Lord: the sword causing death, dogs pulling the dead bodies about, and the birds of heaven, and the beasts of the earth to take their bodies for food and put an end to them.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And it will be, when they say to you, Where are we to go? then you are to say to them, The Lord has said, Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are to be in need of food, to need of food; and such as are to be taken away prisoners, to be taken away.

4And I will make them a cause of fear to all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and what he did in Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:22I will let loose the beasts of the field among you, and they will take away your children and send destruction on your cattle, so that your numbers will become small and your roads become waste.

Deuteronomy 28:26Your bodies will be meat for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth; there will be no one to send them away.

1 Kings 21:23And of Jezebel the Lord said, Jezebel will become food for dogs in the heritage of Jezreel.

Isaiah 18:6They will be for the birds of the mountains, and for the beasts of the earth: the birds will come down on them in the summer, and the beasts of the earth in the winter.

Jeremiah 7:33And the bodies of this people will be food for the birds of heaven and for the beasts of the earth; and there will be no one to send them away.

Ezekiel 14:21For this is what the Lord has said: How much more when I send my four bitter punishments on Jerusalem, the sword and need of food and evil beasts and disease, cutting off from it man and beast?

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 15:2-10

Sentence against Judah Confirmed; Destruction of Judah. ( b. c. 606.) 1 Then said the Lord unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth. 2 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… Read the whole commentary →

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