I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.
I will hand them over to their enemies and to those who want to kill them. Their dead bodies will become food for the birds in the sky and the wild animals on the ground.
God is declaring that He will allow those who broke their covenant to be defeated by their enemies and left unburied as food for scavengers.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of God's judgment against the leaders and people of Judah who had broken their covenant to free Hebrew slaves during the siege of Jerusalem (around 588-586 BC). They had initially obeyed God's command to release their fellow Israelites from slavery, but when the Babylonian army temporarily withdrew, they recaptured and re-enslaved those they had freed. This betrayal of both God and their fellow people brought severe consequences.
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