Jeremiah 22:19

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“He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.”

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BSBPD

“He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“The burial of an ass--he is buried, Dragged and cast out thence to the gates of Jerusalem.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 22:19 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 14:10Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!
  2. 1 Kings 21:23And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’
  3. 2 Kings 9:35But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.
  4. 2 Chronicles 36:6Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
  5. Jeremiah 15:3I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
  6. Jeremiah 36:6so you are to go to the house of the LORD on a day of fasting, and in the hearing of the people you are to read the words of the LORD from the scroll you have written at my dictation. Read them in the hearing of all the people of Judah who are coming from their cities.
  7. Jeremiah 36:30Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by day and frost by night.
  8. Ezekiel 19:8Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit.
  9. Ezekiel 39:5You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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