Jeremiah 9:22

Speak, 'Thus says the Lord, "The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester; and none shall gather them."'"

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In The King James Version

Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.

In Context

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.'

23Thus says the Lord, "Do not let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, do not let the rich man glory in his riches;

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Cross References

2 Kings 9:37and the body of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, so that they shall not say, "This is Jezebel."'"

2 Kings 20:15He said, "What have they seen in your house?"Hezekiah answered, "They have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them."

Psalms 49:7none of them can by any means redeem his brother,nor give God a ransom for him.

Proverbs 18:11The rich man's wealth is his strong city,like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

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.

Jeremiah 8:2and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the army of the sky, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshiped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung on the surface of the earth.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 9:13-23

Punishment Predicted. ( b. c. 606.) 12 Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through? 13 And the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; 14 But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: 15 Therefore… Read the whole commentary →

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