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.

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 16:5-7 elaborates on the prohibition of mourning rites — no lament, no burial, no comfort.

In Jeremiah 16:6, this judgment is elaborated: both great and small die unlamented, with no mourning rituals. Deepens the scene of desolation.

Jeremiah 7:33 uses the same image of bodies as food for birds and beasts — identical judgment language.

Jeremiah 22:18 applies the same denial of mourning to King Jehoiakim — no lament, no burial honors.

Jeremiah 15:3 lists the same four destroyers — sword, dogs, birds, beasts — as agents of divine judgment.

Jeremiah 14:16 describes prophets dying with no burial — the same fate as the children in 16:4: unburied corpses.

Jeremiah 14:15 declares false prophets will be consumed by sword and famine, the very judgments pronounced here.

In Jeremiah 9:22, the identical image of dead bodies as dung in the field with none to gather them reinforces this oracle.

In Jeremiah 8:1-3, the same judgment of bodies like dung and no burial recurs, linking this prophecy to Judah's coming exile.

Jeremiah 22:19 specifies a donkey's burial for Jehoiakim — dragged and dumped, fitting the no-burial fate.

Jeremiah 25:33 repeats the same judgment: dead unburied, unlamented, like dung on the ground.

Jeremiah 34:17 warns of sword, pestilence, and famine — the same triad of judgments against the disobedient.

Jeremiah 34:17 again warns of sword, pestilence, and famine — reinforcing the same judgment theme.

Jeremiah 44:12 says Judah's remnant in Egypt will die by sword and famine, exactly as this verse predicts.

Jeremiah 44:27 reiterates that all Judah in Egypt will be consumed by sword and famine, echoing this judgment.

Jeremiah 32:24 Prophetic fulfillment

Jeremiah 32:24 reports the fulfillment: sword, famine, and pestilence are now besieging Jerusalem, confirming the earlier prophecy.

Jeremiah 8:2 describes bodies left unburied as dung, with no lamentation — a parallel within the same book.

Jeremiah 19:7 repeats the identical phrase: carcasses given to birds and beasts. This is a direct parallel in a later judgment prophecy.

Jeremiah 15:2 lists death, sword, famine, captivity — similar categories of judgment to the diseases in 16:4.

Revelation 19:18 continues the birds' feast on the flesh of kings and soldiers, directly paralleling the judgment scene.

Ezekiel 5:12 describes a third dying by pestilence, famine, and sword — paralleling the threefold judgment here.

Ezekiel 39:17-20 pictures a great sacrificial feast for birds and beasts on the slain, echoing the same fate.

Zephaniah 1:17 says flesh will be as dung, directly paralleling the imagery of corpses treated as waste.

Revelation 19:17 summons birds to the great supper of God, where they eat the flesh of the slain — an apocalyptic parallel.

Isaiah 5:25 Parallel

Isaiah 5:25 depicts carcasses as refuse in streets, similar to the unburied corpses and disgrace here.

Psalm 83:10 Parallel

Psalm 83:10 describes enemies becoming 'dung for the earth,' echoing the same disgraceful end for the wicked.

Psalm 79:3 Parallel

Psalm 79:3 echoes 'no one to bury them' — the same lack of burial lamented here.

Psalm 79:2 Parallel

Psalm 79:2 also describes enemies giving bodies of God's servants to birds and beasts — the same horrific fate prophesied here.

Isaiah 18:6 Parallel

Isaiah 18:6 uses the same imagery of bodies left for birds and beasts, a common prophetic judgment motif.

2 Kings 9:37 uses the same 'dung upon the face of the field' image for Jezebel's corpse, mirroring the fate described here for Judah.

In 2 Kings 9:10, dogs eat Jezebel and no one buries her — combining two elements of judgment from this verse.

In 1 Kings 14:11, dogs and birds devour Jeroboam's dead — the same animal consumption as here.

In 1 Kings 21:24, Ahab's dead are eaten by dogs or birds — the same twofold fate as in this prophecy.

Deuteronomy 28:26 states that dead bodies will be food for birds and beasts — an almost identical curse that Jeremiah echoes.

Revelation 6:8's four horsemen wield sword, famine, and beasts — directly echoing the judgment triad in Jeremiah 16:4.

Ezekiel 29:5 applies the same image of carcasses given to beasts and birds to Pharaoh, universalizing the judgment pattern.

Amos 4:10 Parallel

Amos 4:10 lists sword, pestilence, and death as judgments, mirroring the same calamities in Jeremiah 16:4.

In 1 Kings 21:23, dogs eat Jezebel — a specific case of the general fate of being animal food foretold here.

Ezekiel 24:17 commands no mourning for the dead, mirroring the unlamented deaths in Jeremiah 16:4, but as a symbolic act.

Ezekiel 6:11 uses the same triad (sword, famine, pestilence) as a sign of judgment on Israel’s abominations. Independent but matching formula.

Ezekiel 24:22 continues the no-mourning motif: the people will not cover their lips or eat mourning bread, reinforcing the shared theme.

Ezekiel 24:21 prophesies sons and daughters falling by the sword, echoing the sword judgment but focusing on the temple’s profanation.

Hosea 9:12 Parallel

Hosea 9:12 also depicts God bereaving Israel of children as judgment — both emphasize total loss and divine withdrawal.

Psalm 78:64 Parallel

Psalm 78:64 describes priests dying without lamentation — matching the fate of no mourning in judgment.