Jeremiah 25:33
The slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung on the surface of the ground.
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Psalms 79:3Their blood they have shed like water around Jerusalem.There was no one to bury them.
Isaiah 5:25Therefore the Lord's anger burns against his people,and he has stretched out his hand against them, and has struck them.The mountains tremble,and their dead bodies are as refuse in the midst of the streets.For all this, his anger is not turned away,but his hand is still stretched out.
Isaiah 66:16For by fire will the Lord execute judgment, and by his sword, on all flesh; and the slain of the Lord shall be many.
Jeremiah 9:21'For death has come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.'
Jeremiah 16:4They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung on the surface of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth.
Ezekiel 21:11It is given to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword, it is sharpened, yes, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the killer."'
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 25:31-38
General Desolation; Jeremiah's Faithful Preaching. ( b. c. 607.) 30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The Lord shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. 31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that… Read the whole commentary →