Deuteronomy 28:26

Translations

Modern

Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.

Traditional

And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.

Literal

And your carcass shall be food for all the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth, and no one shall frighten them away.

Latin

…sitque cadaver tuum in escam cunctis volatilibus cæli, et bestiis terræ, et non sit qui abigat.

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English

Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.

Notes

Deuteronomy 28:1–68

This section explains the conditions for receiving the covenant blessing, the types of blessings, and the curses that will occur if people ignore or disobey these rules (28:1–14; 28:15–68).

Theme notes and profiles

Jeremiah Joshua Ancient Law Codes Blessing Counsel from Others Curses and Blessings God’s Covenant with Israel’s Kings God’s Faithfulness to His People Making Sense of the Exile Oppression of God’s People The Land True Success

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The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.
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“At that time,” declares the LORD, “the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves.
1 Samuel 17:44–46
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Ezekiel 39:17–20
And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.

Deuteronomy 28:26

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