20 And I will give them into the hand of their enemies (A)and into the hand of those who seek their lives. (B)Their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.

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33 (A)And the dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the air, and for the beasts of the earth, (B)and none will frighten them away.

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And in this place (A)I will make void the plans of Judah and Jerusalem, (B)and will cause their people to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life. (C)I will give their dead bodies for food to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the earth.

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(A)They shall die of deadly diseases. (B)They shall not be lamented, nor shall they be buried. (C)They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground. (D)They shall perish by the sword and by famine, (E)and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth.

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21 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of (A)Anathoth, (B)who seek your life, and say, (C)“Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, or you will die by our hand”—

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(A)Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and anyone of his who dies in the field the birds of the heavens shall eat.”

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17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to (A)all the birds that fly directly overhead, (B)“Come, gather for (C)the great supper of God, 18 (D)to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave,[a] both small and great.” 19 And I saw (E)the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies (F)gathered to make war against him who was sitting on the horse and against his army. 20 And the beast was captured, and with it (G)the false prophet (H)who in its presence[b] had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who (I)worshiped its image. These two were (J)thrown alive into the lake of (K)fire that burns with sulfur. 21 And the rest were slain by the sword (L)that came from the mouth of him who was sitting on the horse, and (M)all the birds were gorged with their flesh.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 19:18 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
  2. Revelation 19:20 Or on its behalf

25 and (A)give you (B)into the hand of those who seek your life, into the hand of those of whom you are afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of the Chaldeans.

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Afterward, declares the Lord, (A)I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his servants and the people in this city who survive the pestilence, sword, and famine into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of their enemies, into the hand of those who seek their lives. He shall strike them down with the edge of the sword. (B)He shall not pity them or spare them or have compassion.’

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11 (A)Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and anyone who dies in the open country the birds of the heavens shall eat, for the Lord has spoken it.”’

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46 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. (A)And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day (B)to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, (C)that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,

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44 The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh (A)to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field.”

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17 “As for you, (A)son of man, thus says the Lord God: (B)Speak to (C)the birds of every sort and to (D)all beasts of the field: ‘Assemble and come, gather from all around to (E)the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great sacrificial feast on the mountains of Israel, and you shall eat flesh and drink blood. 18 (F)You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth—of rams, of lambs, and of he-goats, of bulls, all of them (G)fat beasts of Bashan. 19 And you shall eat fat till you are filled, and drink blood till you are drunk, at the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you. 20 And you shall be filled at my table with horses and charioteers, with mighty men and all kinds of warriors,’ declares the Lord God.

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And (A)I will cast you on the ground;
    on the open field I will fling you,
and will cause all the birds of the heavens to settle on you,
    and I will gorge the beasts of the whole earth with you.

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(A)And I will cast you out into the wilderness,
    you and all the fish of your streams;
you shall fall (B)on the open field,
    and (C)not be brought together or gathered.
To the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens
    (D)I give you as food.

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37 I will (A)terrify (B)Elam before their enemies and before those who seek their life. I will bring disaster upon them, (C)my fierce anger, declares the Lord. (D)I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them,

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30 Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will give (A)Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies (B)and into the hand of those who seek his life, as I gave (C)Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and sought his life.”

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16 Then King Zedekiah swore (A)secretly to Jeremiah, (B)“As the Lord lives, (C)who made our souls, I will not put you to death or deliver you into the hand of (D)these men who seek your life.”

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30 And you, O desolate one,
what do you mean that you dress in scarlet,
    (A)that you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,
    (B)that you enlarge your eyes with paint?
In vain you beautify yourself.
    (C)Your lovers despise you;
    they seek your life.

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34 Then he went in and ate and drank. And he said, “See now to this cursed woman and bury her, (A)for she is a king's daughter.” 35 But when they went to bury her, they found no more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands. 36 When they came back and told him, he said, “This is the word of the Lord, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite: (B)‘In the territory of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel, 37 and the corpse of Jezebel shall be (C)as dung on the face of the field in the territory of Jezreel, so that no one can say, This is Jezebel.’”

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23 And of Jezebel the Lord also said, (A)‘The dogs shall eat Jezebel within (B)the walls of Jezreel.’ 24 (C)Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and anyone of his who dies in the open country the birds of the heavens shall eat.”

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26 And (A)your dead body shall be food for all birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth, and (B)there shall be no one to frighten them away.

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