Jeremiah 25 · Verse 33

Jeremiah 25:33

And the slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.
Jeremiah 25:33, King James Version

Jeremiah 25:33 in other translations

BSBThose slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.
WEBThe slain of the LORD will be at that day from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth. They won’t be lamented. They won’t be gathered or buried. They will be dung on the surface of the ground.
ASVAnd the slain of Jehovah shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the face of the ground.
YLTAnd the pierced of Jehovah have been in that day, From the end of the earth even unto the end of the earth, They are not lamented, nor gathered, nor buried, For dung on the face of the ground they are.
DARBYAnd the slain of Jehovah shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the face of the ground.
BBEAnd at that day, the bodies of those whom the Lord has put to death will be seen from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth: there will be no weeping for them, their bodies will not be taken up or put to rest in the earth; they will be like waste on the face of the land.
WebsterAnd the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.

What does Jeremiah 25:33 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 33 From one end of the earth - From one end of the land to the other. All Palestine shall be desolated by it.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 25:30-38

The Lord has just ground of controversy with every nation and every person; and he will execute judgment on all the wicked. Who can avoid trembling when God speaks in displeasure? The days are fully come; the time fixed in the Divine counsels, which will make the nations wholly desolate. The tender and delicate shall share the common calamity. Even those who used to live in peace, and did nothing to provoke, shall…

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Jeremiah 25:33 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהָי֞וּve.ha.Yuand they will beH1961
חַֽלְלֵ֤יcha.Lei[those] slain ofH2491
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117
הַה֔וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
מִקְצֵ֥הmik.Tzehfrom [the] end ofH7097
הָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776
וְעַד\־ve.'ad-and toH5704
קְצֵ֣הke.Tzeh[the] end ofH7097
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
יִסָּפְד֗וּyi.sa.fe.Duthey will be mournedH5594
וְלֹ֤אve.Lo'and notH3808
יֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ye.'a.se.Futhey will be gatheredH622
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
יִקָּבֵ֔רוּyi.ka.Ve.ruthey will be buriedH6912
לְדֹ֛מֶןle.Do.men<into> dungH1828
עַל\־'al-onH5921
פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] surface ofH6440
הָאֲדָמָ֖הha.'a.da.Mahthe groundH127
יִֽהְיֽוּ\׃Yih.Yuthey will becomeH1961

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Cross references for Jeremiah 25:33

  • Isaiah 66:16

    For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many.

  • Jeremiah 8:2

    And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.

  • Psalms 79:3

    Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.

  • Isaiah 5:25

    Therefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  • Jeremiah 16:4-7

    They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. For thus saith the Lord, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the Lord, even lovingkindness and mercies. Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them: Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

  • Revelation 11:9

    And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

  • Revelation 14:19-20

    And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

  • Isaiah 34:2-8

    For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. …

  • Jeremiah 25:18-26

    To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, …

  • Psalms 83:10

    Which perished at En–dor: they became as dung for the earth.

  • Jeremiah 13:12-14

    Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David’s throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the Lord: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.

  • Revelation 19:17-21

    And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the slain.
18-26; 13:12-14; Isa 34:2-8; 66:16; Zep 2:12; Re 14:19,20
Re 19:17-21
they shall not. See on ch.
8:2; 9:21,22; 16:4-7; Ps 79:3; 83:10; Eze 39:4-20; Re 11:9
they shall be.
2Ki 9:37; Isa 5:25

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Jeremiah 25:32

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.

  • Jeremiah 25:33

    And the slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.

  • Jeremiah 25:34

    Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.

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Jeremiah 25:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y serán muertos de Jehová en aquel día desde el un cabo de la tierra hasta el otro cabo; no se endecharán, ni se recogerán, ni serán enterrados; como estiércol serán sobre la haz de la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les tués de l’ Éternel, en ce jour-là, seront depuis un bout de la terre jusqu’à l’autre bout de la terre. On ne se lamentera pas sur eux, et ils ne seront pas recueillis, et ne seront pas enterrés; ils seront du fumier sur la face du sol.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Erschlagenen Jehovas werden an jenem Tage liegen von einem Ende der Erde bis zum anderen Ende der Erde; sie werden nicht beklagt und nicht gesammelt noch begraben werden; zu Dünger auf der Fläche des Erdbodens sollen sie werden. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et erunt interfecti Domini in die illa, a summo terræ usque ad summum ejus: non plangentur, et non colligentur, neque sepelientur: in sterquilinium super faciem terræ jacebunt.