33 At that time those slain(A) by the Lord will be everywhere—from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned or gathered(B) up or buried,(C) but will be like dung lying on the ground.

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16 For with fire(A) and with his sword(B)
    the Lord will execute judgment(C) on all people,
    and many will be those slain(D) by the Lord.

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They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they have loved and served(A) and which they have followed and consulted and worshiped.(B) They will not be gathered up or buried,(C) but will be like dung lying on the ground.(D)

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They have poured out blood like water
    all around Jerusalem,
    and there is no one to bury(A) the dead.(B)

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“They will die of deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried(A) but will be like dung lying on the ground.(B) They will perish by sword and famine,(C) and their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.”(D)

For this is what the Lord says: “Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal; do not go to mourn or show sympathy, because I have withdrawn my blessing, my love and my pity(E) from this people,” declares the Lord. “Both high and low will die in this land.(F) They will not be buried or mourned,(G) and no one will cut(H) themselves or shave(I) their head for the dead. No one will offer food(J) to comfort those who mourn(K) for the dead—not even for a father or a mother—nor will anyone give them a drink to console(L) them.

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25 Therefore the Lord’s anger(A) burns against his people;
    his hand is raised and he strikes them down.
The mountains shake,(B)
    and the dead bodies(C) are like refuse(D) in the streets.(E)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,(F)
    his hand is still upraised.(G)

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17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds(A) flying in midair,(B) “Come,(C) gather together for the great supper of God,(D) 18 so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people,(E) free and slave,(F) great and small.”(G)

19 Then I saw the beast(H) and the kings of the earth(I) and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse(J) and his army. 20 But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet(K) who had performed the signs(L) on its behalf.(M) With these signs he had deluded(N) those who had received the mark of the beast(O) and worshiped its image.(P) The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake(Q) of burning sulfur.(R) 21 The rest were killed with the sword(S) coming out of the mouth of the rider on the horse,(T) and all the birds(U) gorged themselves on their flesh.

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19 The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.(A) 20 They were trampled in the winepress(B) outside the city,(C) and blood(D) flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 14:20 That is, about 180 miles or about 300 kilometers

For three and a half days some from every people, tribe, language and nation(A) will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial.(B)

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Cush

12 “You Cushites,[a](A) too,
    will be slain by my sword.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:12 That is, people from the upper Nile region

On the mountains of Israel you will fall, you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to all kinds of carrion birds(A) and to the wild animals.(B) You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.(C) I will send fire(D) on Magog(E) and on those who live in safety in the coastlands,(F) and they will know(G) that I am the Lord.

“‘I will make known my holy name among my people Israel. I will no longer let my holy name be profaned,(H) and the nations will know(I) that I the Lord am the Holy One in Israel.(J) It is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign Lord. This is the day(K) I have spoken of.

“‘Then those who live in the towns of Israel will go out and use the weapons for fuel and burn them up—the small and large shields, the bows and arrows,(L) the war clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.(M) 10 They will not need to gather wood from the fields or cut it from the forests, because they will use the weapons for fuel. And they will plunder(N) those who plundered them and loot those who looted them, declares the Sovereign Lord.(O)

11 “‘On that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, in the valley of those who travel east of the Sea. It will block the way of travelers, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried(P) there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon Gog.[a](Q)

12 “‘For seven months the Israelites will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.(R) 13 All the people of the land will bury them, and the day I display my glory(S) will be a memorable day for them, declares the Sovereign Lord. 14 People will be continually employed in cleansing the land. They will spread out across the land and, along with others, they will bury any bodies that are lying on the ground.

“‘After the seven months they will carry out a more detailed search. 15 As they go through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will leave a marker beside it until the gravediggers bury it in the Valley of Hamon Gog, 16 near a town called Hamonah.[b] And so they will cleanse the land.’

17 “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Call out to every kind of bird(T) and all the wild animals: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrifice I am preparing for you, the great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.(U) 18 You will eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as if they were rams and lambs, goats and bulls—all of them fattened animals from Bashan.(V) 19 At the sacrifice(W) I am preparing for you, you will eat fat till you are glutted and drink blood till you are drunk. 20 At my table you will eat your fill of horses and riders, mighty men and soldiers of every kind,’ declares the Sovereign Lord.(X)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 39:11 Hamon Gog means hordes of Gog.
  2. Ezekiel 39:16 Hamonah means horde.

18 Jerusalem(A) and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a ruin(B) and an object of horror and scorn,(C) a curse[a](D)—as they are today;(E) 19 Pharaoh king(F) of Egypt,(G) his attendants, his officials and all his people, 20 and all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz;(H) all the kings of the Philistines(I) (those of Ashkelon,(J) Gaza,(K) Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod); 21 Edom,(L) Moab(M) and Ammon;(N) 22 all the kings of Tyre(O) and Sidon;(P) the kings of the coastlands(Q) across the sea; 23 Dedan,(R) Tema,(S) Buz(T) and all who are in distant places[b];(U) 24 all the kings of Arabia(V) and all the kings of the foreign people(W) who live in the wilderness; 25 all the kings of Zimri,(X) Elam(Y) and Media;(Z) 26 and all the kings of the north,(AA) near and far, one after the other—all the kingdoms(AB) on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshak[c](AC) will drink it too.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 25:18 That is, their names to be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, to be seen by others as cursed
  2. Jeremiah 25:23 Or who clip the hair by their foreheads
  3. Jeremiah 25:26 Sheshak is a cryptogram for Babylon.

Wineskins

12 “Say to them: ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Every wineskin should be filled with wine.’ And if they say to you, ‘Don’t we know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’ 13 then tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am going to fill with drunkenness(A) all who live in this land, including the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets and all those living in Jerusalem. 14 I will smash them one against the other, parents and children alike, declares the Lord. I will allow no pity(B) or mercy or compassion(C) to keep me from destroying(D) them.’”

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The Lord is angry with all nations;
    his wrath(A) is on all their armies.
He will totally destroy[a](B) them,
    he will give them over to slaughter.(C)
Their slain(D) will be thrown out,
    their dead bodies(E) will stink;(F)
    the mountains will be soaked with their blood.(G)
All the stars in the sky will be dissolved(H)
    and the heavens rolled up(I) like a scroll;
all the starry host will fall(J)
    like withered(K) leaves from the vine,
    like shriveled figs from the fig tree.

My sword(L) has drunk its fill in the heavens;
    see, it descends in judgment on Edom,(M)
    the people I have totally destroyed.(N)
The sword(O) of the Lord is bathed in blood,
    it is covered with fat—
the blood of lambs and goats,
    fat from the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice(P) in Bozrah(Q)
    and a great slaughter(R) in the land of Edom.
And the wild oxen(S) will fall with them,
    the bull calves and the great bulls.(T)
Their land will be drenched with blood,(U)
    and the dust will be soaked with fat.

For the Lord has a day(V) of vengeance,(W)
    a year of retribution,(X) to uphold Zion’s cause.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 34:2 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 5.

10 who perished at Endor(A)
    and became like dung(B) on the ground.

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37 Jezebel’s body will be like dung(A) on the ground in the plot at Jezreel, so that no one will be able to say, ‘This is Jezebel.’”

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21 Death has climbed in through our windows(A)
    and has entered our fortresses;
it has removed the children from the streets
    and the young men(B) from the public squares.

22 Say, “This is what the Lord declares:

“‘Dead bodies will lie
    like dung(C) on the open field,
like cut grain behind the reaper,
    with no one to gather them.’”

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