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Jeremiah 9:22

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22Say, “The Lord announces,

“ ‘The dead bodies of men will be like trash

lying in the open fields.

They will lie there like grain

that is cut down at harvest time.

No one will gather them up.’ ”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Speak: “Thus declares the Lord,

‘The dead bodies of men shall fall

like dung upon the open field,

like sheaves after the reaper,

and none shall gather them.’ ”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Say, “This is what the Lord declares:

“ ‘Dead bodies will lie

like dung on the open field,

like cut grain behind the reaper,

with no one to gather them.’ ”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Speak as follows: ‘This is what the Lord declares: Human corpses will fall like manure on the surface of the field, like newly cut grain after the reaper with no one to gather it.

NLTNew Living Translation

This is what the Lord says:

“Bodies will be scattered across the fields like clumps of manure,

like bundles of grain after the harvest.

No one will be left to bury them.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Speak, ‘thus declares Yahweh:

“The dead body of the human will fall

like dung upon the surface of the field,

and like cut grain behind the reaper,

and there is no one who gathers.” ’ ”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.