Jeremiah 15:3

For I will assign them to four groups—this is Yahweh's declaration—the sword to slaughter some, the dogs to drag some away, the birds of the skies and the beast of the earth to consume and destroy some.

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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

2It will happen that they will say to you, 'Where should we go?' Then you must say to them, 'Yahweh says this: 1 Those who are for death should go to death; those who are for the sword should go to the sword. 1 Those who are for famine should go to famine; and those who are for captivity should go to captivity.'

4I will make of them a horrifying thing to all the kingdoms of the earth, because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:22I will send dangerous animals against you, which will steal your children, destroy your cattle, and make you few in number. So your roads will become deserted.

Deuteronomy 28:26Your dead body will be food to all the birds of the heavens and to the beasts of the earth; there will be no one to frighten them away.

1 Kings 21:23Yahweh has also spoken concerning Jezebel, saying, 'The dogs will eat Jezebel beside the wall of Jezreel.'

Isaiah 18:6They will be left together for the birds of the mountains and for the animals of the earth. 1 The birds will summer on them, and all the animals of the earth will winter on them.” 1

Jeremiah 7:33The corpses of this people will be food for the birds of the skies and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.

Ezekiel 14:21For the Lord Yahweh says this: I will certainly make things worse by sending my four punishments—famine, sword, wild animals, and plague—against Jerusalem to cut off both man and beast from her.

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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