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Jeremiah 9:22

King James Version (KJV)

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Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather [them].

Jeremiah 9:22 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 9:22

Theological / Devotional

As dung. The point of the comparison is in the neglect and contempt with which the bodies would be treated (Jer. 8:2; 16:4; 25:33; cf. 2 Kings 9:37).

Handful after the harvestman. Like the swath of newly cut grain behind a reaper, the stricken would lie thickly, victims of the Grim Reaper. However, there is this difference. Grain was gathered. But these dead would be left where they fell or would be contemptuously trampled underfoot.

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