Jeremiah 7:33

7:33 Then the dead bodies of these people will be left on the ground for the birds and wild animals to eat. ¹  There will not be any survivors to scare them away.

Jeremiah 22:19

22:19 He will be left unburied just like a dead donkey.

His body will be dragged off and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.’” ² 

Jeremiah 36:30

36:30 So the Lord says concerning King Jehoiakim of Judah, “None of his line will occupy the throne of David. ³  His dead body will be thrown out to be exposed to scorching heat by day and frost by night. ⁴ 

Psalms 79:2-3

79:2 They have given the corpses of your servants

to the birds of the sky; ⁵ 

the flesh of your loyal followers

to the beasts of the earth.

79:3 They have made their blood flow like water

all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them. ⁶ 

¹ tn Heb “Their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.”

² sn A similar judgment against this ungodly king is pronounced by Jeremiah in 36:30. According to 2 Chr 36:6 he was bound over to be taken captive to Babylon but apparently died before he got there. According to the Jewish historian Josephus, Nebuchadnezzar ordered his body thrown outside the wall in fulfillment of this judgment. The Bible itself, however, does not tell us that.

³ sn This prophesy was not “totally” fulfilled because his son Jehoiachin (Jeconiah) did occupy the throne for three months (2 Kgs 23:8). However, his rule was negligible and after his capitulation and exile to Babylon, he himself was promised that neither he nor his successors would occupy the throne of David (cf. Jer 22:30; and see the study notes on 22:24, 30).

⁴ sn Compare the more poetic prophecy in Jer 22:18-19 and see the study note on 22:19.

⁵ tn Heb “[as] food for the birds of the sky.”

⁶ tn Heb “they have poured out their blood like water, all around Jerusalem, and there is no one burying.”