Jeremiah 15:3

And I will set in charge over them—four species Declareth Yahweh, The sword to slay, and The dogs to trail along,—and The bird of the heavens and The beast of the earth to devour and to destroy.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 shall come to pass when they say unto thee Whither shall we go? Then shalt, thou say unto them, Thus saith Yahweh—Such as are for death, to death, and Such as are for the sword, to the sword, and Such as are for famine, to the famine, and Such as are for captivity, to captivity.

4And I will make them a terror, to all the kingdoms of the earth,—On account of Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah, For what he did in Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:22And will send among you the wild-beast of the field And it shall rob you of your children, And cut off your cattle, And make you few in number; And your roads shall be silent.

Deuteronomy 28:26And thy dead body shall become food for every bird of the heavens, and for the beast of the earth,—with none to fright them away.

1 Kings 21:23Moreover also, concerning Jezebel, hath Yahweh spoken, saying,—The dogs, shall eat Jezebel, in the town-land of Jezreel:

Isaiah 18:6They shall be left together. To the ravenous birds, of the mountains, And to the beast of the earth,—Then shall the ravenous bird, summer upon them, And, every beast of the earth, upon them, shall winter.

Jeremiah 7:33And the dead bodies of this people shall become food, For the bird of the heavens, and For the beast of the earth,—And there shall be none to drive them away.

Ezekiel 14:21For thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, How much less [should they avail] when my four calamitous judgments, sword and famine and mischievous wild beast and pestilence I have sent against Jerusalem,—to cut off therefrom 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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