If you have done foolishly by exalting yourself or if you have planned evil, put your hand over your mouth!

They have given the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky; the flesh of your loyal followers to the beasts of the earth.

For you will be like a tree whose leaves wither, like an orchard that is unwatered.

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

The old prophet picked up the corpse of the prophet, put it on the donkey, and brought it back. The old prophet then entered the city to mourn him and to bury him.

Jezebel’s corpse will be like manure on the surface of the ground in the plot of land at Jezreel. People will not be able to even recognize her.’”

Tell your daughters and neighbors, ‘The Lord says, “The dead bodies of people will lie scattered everywhere like manure scattered on a field. They will lie scattered on the ground like grain that has been cut down but has not been gathered.”’”