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id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/28.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Your carcasses will be food for all the birds and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Your corpses will be food for all the scavenging birds and wild animals, and no one will be there to chase them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/28.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And your dead body shall be food for all birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth, and there shall be no one to frighten them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/28.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray <i>them</i> away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/28.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Your carcasses shall be food for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and no one shall frighten <i>them</i> away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your dead bodies will serve as food for all birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten <i>them away.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/28.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Your carcasses will be food to all birds of the sky and to the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And your carcasses shall be food to all birds of the sky and to the beasts of the earth, and there shall be no one to frighten <i>them</i> away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And your carcasses will be food to all birds of the sky and to the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten <i>them</i> away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Your carcasses will be food for all the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth, with no one to scare them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land, with no one to scare them away.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And thy dead body shall be food unto all birds of the heavens, and unto the beasts of the earth; and there shall be none to frighten them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and no one will disturb the birds and wild animals while they eat your dead bodies. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and there shall be none to fray them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Your dead bodies will be food for all the birds and wild animals. There will be no one to scare them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When you die, birds and wild animals will come and eat your bodies, and there will be no one to scare them off. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/28.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Your dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth, with no one to chase them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/28.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Your carcasses will be food for every bird of the sky and wild animal of the earth, and there will be no one to chase them off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Your dead body shall be food to all birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth; and there shall be none to frighten them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And thy carcass shall be food to all fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the earth, and no man shall drive them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Your dead bodies will be food to all birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth; and there will be no one to frighten them away. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and your carcass has been for food for every bird of the heavens and for the beast of the earth, and there is none causing [them] to tremble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and thy carcase hath been for food to every fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth, and there is none causing trembling.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And thy carcass was for food to all the birds of the heavens and to the cattle of the earth, and none terrifying.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And be thy carcass meat for all the Fowls of the air, and the beasts of the earth, and be there none to drive them away. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And may your carcass be food for all the flying things of the air and the wild beasts of the land, and may there be no one to drive them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/28.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Your corpses will become food for all the birds of the air and for the beasts of the field, with no one to frighten them off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Your corpses shall be food for every bird of the air and animal of the earth, and there shall be no one to frighten them away.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And your carcass shall be food for the fowls of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there shall be no one to drive them off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And your corpse shall be food for birds of the sky and for the beasts of Earth and there is no one to chase them away.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And thy carcasses shall be food unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and there shall be none to frighten them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And your dead men shall be food to the birds of the sky, and to the beasts of the earth; and there shall be none to scare them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/28-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=7565" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">The Curses of Disobedience</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">25</span>The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth. <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5038.htm" title="5038: niḇ·lā·ṯə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- A carcass, corpse. From nabel; a flabby thing, i.e. A carcase or carrion; figuratively, an idol.">Your corpses</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yə·ṯāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will be</a> <a href="/hebrew/3978.htm" title="3978: lə·ma·’ă·ḵāl (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Food. From 'akal; an eatable.">food</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: lə·ḵāl (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">for all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5775.htm" title="5775: ‘ō·wp̄ (N-msc) -- Flying creatures. From uwph; a bird, often collectively.">the birds</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: haš·šā·ma·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">of the air</a> <a href="/hebrew/929.htm" title="929: ū·lə·ḇe·hĕ·maṯ (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-fsc) -- A beast, animal, cattle. From an unused root; properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal.">and beasts of</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the earth,</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: wə·’ên (Conj-w:: Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">with no</a> <a href="/hebrew/2729.htm" title="2729: ma·ḥă·rîḏ (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- To tremble, be terrified. A primitive root; to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten.">one to scare them away.</a> </span><span class="reftext">27</span>The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-33.htm">Jeremiah 7:33</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Jeremiah 16:4</a></span><br />“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/19-7.htm">Jeremiah 19:7</a></span><br />And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/34-20.htm">Jeremiah 34:20</a></span><br />I 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/17-44.htm">1 Samuel 17:44</a></span><br />“Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/14-11.htm">1 Kings 14:11</a></span><br />Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.’ For the LORD has spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/16-4.htm">1 Kings 16:4</a></span><br />Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/21-24.htm">1 Kings 21:24</a></span><br />Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/29-5.htm">Ezekiel 29:5</a></span><br />I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/32-4.htm">Ezekiel 32:4</a></span><br />I will abandon you on the land and hurl you into the open field. I will cause all the birds of the air to settle upon you, and all the beasts of the earth to eat their fill of you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/39-17.htm">Ezekiel 39:17-20</a></span><br />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. / You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan. / At the sacrifice I am preparing, you will eat fat until you are gorged and drink blood until you are drunk. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-17.htm">Revelation 19:17-18</a></span><br />Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, / so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/79-2.htm">Psalm 79:2-3</a></span><br />They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth. / They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/18-6.htm">Isaiah 18:6</a></span><br />They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the land. The birds will feed on them in summer, and all the wild animals in winter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/56-9.htm">Isaiah 56:9</a></span><br />Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And your carcass shall be meat to all fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/17-44.htm">1 Samuel 17:44-46</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/79-1.htm">Psalm 79:1-3</a></b></br> A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/34-3.htm">Isaiah 34:3</a></b></br> 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/4-17.htm">Air</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-4.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-4.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-20.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-8.htm">Bodies</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-18.htm">Body</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-8.htm">Carcase</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-8.htm">Carcass</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-8.htm">Carcasses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-18.htm">Causing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-12.htm">Drive</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-25.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-20.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-33.htm">Scare</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-24.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-6.htm">Trembling</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/17-44.htm">Air</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-44.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/judges/8-7.htm">Bodies</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-40.htm">Body</a> <a href="/judges/14-8.htm">Carcase</a> <a href="/joshua/8-29.htm">Carcass</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-46.htm">Carcasses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-8.htm">Causing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-42.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-34.htm">Drive</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-49.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/joshua/22-23.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/job/7-14.htm">Scare</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-62.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-65.htm">Trembling</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 28</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-1.htm">The blessings for obedience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">The curses for disobedience</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/28.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/28.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Your corpses will be food</b><br>This phrase indicates a severe consequence of disobedience to God's covenant. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, proper burial was crucial for honoring the dead. The lack of burial was seen as a curse and a sign of divine judgment. This imagery is used to emphasize the seriousness of turning away from God's commands.<p><b>for all the birds of the air</b><br>Birds, particularly scavengers like vultures, were often associated with death and decay. In biblical literature, birds consuming flesh is a symbol of disgrace and defeat. This imagery is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/1_samuel/17-44.htm">1 Samuel 17:44</a>, where Goliath threatens David with a similar fate, and <a href="/revelation/19-17.htm">Revelation 19:17-18</a>, where birds feast on the flesh of those defeated in the final battle.<p><b>and beasts of the earth</b><br>The inclusion of beasts highlights the totality of the desecration. In the ancient world, wild animals consuming human remains was a sign of complete abandonment and desolation. This reflects the ultimate humiliation and helplessness of those who have forsaken God's protection.<p><b>with no one to scare them away</b><br>This phrase underscores the absence of any human intervention or divine protection. In times of war or disaster, it was customary for the living to protect the dead from desecration. The lack of anyone to drive away the scavengers signifies total defeat and abandonment, a theme also seen in <a href="/jeremiah/7-33.htm">Jeremiah 7:33</a>, where the dead are left unburied as a sign of God's judgment.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Deuteronomy, delivering God's laws and warnings to the Israelites before they enter the Promised Land.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, receiving the blessings and curses based on their obedience or disobedience to God's commandments.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/covenant.htm">Covenant</a></b><br>The agreement between God and the Israelites, which includes blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/e/enemies.htm">Enemies</a></b><br>The foreign nations that would come against Israel if they disobeyed God, as part of the curses outlined in <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_disobedience.htm">The Seriousness of Disobedience</a></b><br><a href="/deuteronomy/28-26.htm">Deuteronomy 28:26</a> highlights the severe consequences of turning away from God's commandments. It serves as a stark reminder of the seriousness with which God views disobedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_divine_judgment.htm">The Reality of Divine Judgment</a></b><br>The verse underscores the reality of divine judgment. It is a call to recognize that God's justice is as real as His mercy and love.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_covenant_faithfulness.htm">The Importance of Covenant Faithfulness</a></b><br>The Israelites were in a covenant relationship with God, and this verse emphasizes the importance of remaining faithful to that covenant. For Christians, it is a reminder to remain faithful to the New Covenant through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The imagery of unburied bodies serves as a call to repentance. It is a warning to turn back to God before facing the consequences of sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_hope_of_restoration.htm">The Hope of Restoration</a></b><br>While the verse speaks of judgment, it also points to the hope of restoration for those who repent and return to God, as seen throughout the prophetic books.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_28.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 28</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_animal_rights.htm">What does the Bible say about animal rights?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_i_identify_as_a_christian.htm">What did God create on day six?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_were_priests_pre-tabernacle_and_post-temple.htm">Deuteronomy 26:3 mentions going to the priest; who fulfilled this role before the Tabernacle or after the Temple's destruction, and does history support a continuous priestly lineage?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/meaning_of_'be_fruitful_and_multiply'.htm">What does 'Be fruitful and multiply' mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/28.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) <span class= "bld">And thy carcase shall be meat.</span>--Repeated in <a href="/jeremiah/7-33.htm" title="And the carcasses 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 7:33</a>, and to be fulfilled in Tophet, when they had buried until there was no more room. (Comp. also <a href="/jeremiah/15-3.htm" title="And I will appoint over them four kinds, said the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.">Jeremiah 15:3</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">No man shall fray (<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>frighten) them away.</span>--Not even a woman like Rizpah, who at the foot of the gallows watched her children's bodies for half the year, and "suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night" (<a href="/2_samuel/21-10.htm" title="And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped on them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.">2Samuel 21:10</a>). There shall be no one to do it.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/28-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Your corpses</span><br /><span class="heb">נִבְלָֽתְךָ֙</span> <span class="translit">(niḇ·lā·ṯə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5038.htm">Strong's 5038: </a> </span><span class="str2">A flabby thing, a carcase, carrion, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָיְתָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·yə·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">food</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמַאֲכָ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ma·’ă·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3978.htm">Strong's 3978: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eatable</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for all</span><br /><span class="heb">לְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the birds</span><br /><span class="heb">ע֥וֹף</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·wp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5775.htm">Strong's 5775: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flying creatures</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the air</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šā·ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heaven, sky</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and beasts of</span><br /><span class="heb">וּלְבֶהֱמַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(ū·lə·ḇe·hĕ·maṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_929.htm">Strong's 929: </a> </span><span class="str2">A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the earth,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֑רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with no</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵ֖ין</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">one to scare them away.</span><br /><span class="heb">מַחֲרִֽיד׃</span> <span class="translit">(ma·ḥă·rîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2729.htm">Strong's 2729: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shudder with terror, to fear, to hasten</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/28-26.htm">Deuteronomy 28:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/28-26.htm">Deuteronomy 28:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/28-26.htm">Deuteronomy 28:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/28-26.htm">Deuteronomy 28:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/28-26.htm">Deuteronomy 28:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/28-26.htm">Deuteronomy 28:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/28-26.htm">Deuteronomy 28:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/28-26.htm">Deuteronomy 28:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/28-26.htm">Deuteronomy 28:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/28-26.htm">Deuteronomy 28:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/28-26.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 28:26 Your dead body shall be food (Deut. 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