Jeremiah 34 · Verse 20

Jeremiah 34:20

I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.
Jeremiah 34:20, King James Version

Jeremiah 34:20 in other translations

BSBI will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
WEBI will even give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life. Their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth.
ASVI will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be for food unto the birds of the heavens, and to the beasts of the earth.
YLTyea, I have given them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those seeking their soul, and their carcase hath been for food to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth.
DARBYthem will I give into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of them that seek their life; and their carcases shall be food for the fowl of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth.
BBEEven these I will give up into the hands of their haters and into the hands of those who have designs against their lives: and their dead bodies will become food for the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth.
WebsterI will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for food to the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.

What does Jeremiah 34:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
20. I will even give--resuming the sentence begun, but not completed (Jr 34:18), "I will give," &c. seek their life--implacably: satisfied with nothing short of their blood; not content with booty. dead bodies--The breakers of the covenant shall be cut in pieces, as the calf between whose parts they passed.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 34:8-22

A Jew should not be held in servitude above seven years. This law they and their fathers had broken. And when there was some hope that the siege was raised, they forced the servants they had released into their services again. Those who think to cheat God by dissembled repentance and partial reformation, put the greatest cheat upon their own souls. This shows that liberty to sin, is really only liberty to have the…

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Jeremiah 34:20 in the original Hebrew

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וְנָתַתִּ֤יve.na.ta.Tiand I will giveH5414
אוֹתָם֙'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
בְּיַ֣דbe.Yadin [the] hand ofH3027
אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֔ם'o.ye.vei.Hemenemies theirH341
וּבְיַ֖דu.ve.Yadand in [the] hand ofH3027
מְבַקְשֵׁ֣יme.vak.Shei[those who] seekH1245
נַפְשָׁ֑םnaf.Shamlife theirH5315
וְהָיְתָ֤הve.ha.ye.Tahand it will becomeH1961
נִבְלָתָם֙niv.la.Tamcorpse theirH5038
לְמַֽאֲכָ֔לle.ma.'a.Khal<into> foodH3978
לְע֥וֹףle.'offor [the] bird[s] ofH5775
הַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064
וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥תu.le.ve.he.Matand for [the] animal[s] ofH929
הָאָֽרֶץ\׃ha.'A.retzthe earthH776

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Cross references for Jeremiah 34:20

  • Jeremiah 7:33

    And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.

  • Jeremiah 19:7

    And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

  • Jeremiah 16:4

    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.

  • 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. …

  • 1 Kings 16:4

    Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.

  • Jeremiah 11:21

    Therefore thus saith the Lord of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the Lord, that thou die not by our hand:

  • Jeremiah 22:25

    And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.

  • 1 Samuel 17:46

    This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

  • Jeremiah 21:7

    And afterward, saith the Lord, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

  • 1 Kings 14:11

    Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the Lord hath spoken it.

  • 1 Samuel 17:44

    And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.

  • Ezekiel 32:4

    Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.

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and into.
4:30; 11:21; 21:7; 22:25; 38:16; 44:30; 49:37
and their.
7:33; 16:4; 19:7; 1Sa 17:44,46; 1Ki 14:11; 16:4; 21:23,24
2Ki 9:34-37; Eze 29:5; 32:4; 39:17-20; Re 19:17-21

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Context

  • Jeremiah 34:19

    The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf;

  • Jeremiah 34:20

    I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.

  • Jeremiah 34:21

    And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which are gone up from you.

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Jeremiah 34:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entregarélos en mano de sus enemigos y en mano de los que buscan su alma; y sus cuerpos muertos serán para comida de las aves del cielo, y de las bestias de la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
je les livrerai en la main de leurs ennemis, et en la main de ceux qui cherchent leur vie, et leurs cadavres seront en pâture aux oiseaux des cieux et aux bêtes de la terre.
German
Elberfelder 1871
die will ich in die Hand ihrer Feinde geben und in die Hand derer, welche nach ihrem Leben trachten; und ihre Leichname sollen dem Gevögel des Himmels und den Tieren der Erde zur Speise dienen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et dabo eos in manus inimicorum suorum, et in manus quærentium animam eorum, et erit morticinum eorum in escam volatilibus cæli et bestiis terræ.