Lamentations 4:9
New Living Translation
9 Those killed by the sword are better off
than those who die of hunger.
Starving, they waste away
for lack of food from the fields.
Ezekiel 24:23
New Living Translation
23 Your heads will remain covered, and your sandals will not be taken off. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins. You will groan among yourselves for all the evil you have done.
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Leviticus 26:39
New Living Translation
39 Those of you who survive will waste away in your enemies’ lands because of their sins and the sins of their ancestors.
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Ezekiel 33:10
New Living Translation
The Watchman’s Message
10 “Son of man, give the people of Israel this message: You are saying, ‘Our sins are heavy upon us; we are wasting away! How can we survive?’
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Jeremiah 16:4
New Living Translation
4 They will die from terrible diseases. No one will mourn for them or bury them, and they will lie scattered on the ground like manure. They will die from war and famine, and their bodies will be food for the vultures and wild animals.”
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