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Jeremiah 7:33 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 7 · verse 33
And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.Jeremiah 7:33 · King James Version
Jeremiah 7:33 in context
31And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
32Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
33And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
34Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- carcasesnᵉbêlâha flabby thingH5038 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- beastsbᵉhêmâhproperly, a dumb beastH929 →
- fowlsʻôwpha bird , often collectivelyH5775 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
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Here is, I. A loud call to weeping and mourning. Jerusalem, that had been a joyous city, the joy of the whole earth, must now take up a lamentation on high places (Jer 7:29), the high places where they had served their idols; there must they now bemoan their misery.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 29-34