²⁶ Your carcasses will be food for all the birds^(A) and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away.^(B)

⁴⁴ “Come here,” he said, “and I’ll give your flesh to the birds^(A) and the wild animals!^(B)”

⁴⁶ This day the Lord will deliver^(A) you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses^(B) of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world^(C) will know that there is a God in Israel.^(D)

¹¹ Dogs^(A) will eat those belonging to Jeroboam who die in the city, and the birds^(B) will feed on those who die in the country. The Lord has spoken!’

⁴ Dogs^(A) will eat those belonging to Baasha who die in the city, and birds^(B) will feed on those who die in the country.”

³³ Then the carcasses^(A) of this people will become food^(B) for the birds and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away.^(C)

⁴ “They will die of deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried^(A) but will be like dung lying on the ground.^(B) They will perish by sword and famine,^(C) and their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.”^(D)

⁷ “‘In this place I will ruin^[a] the plans^(A) of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies,^(B) at the hands of those who want to kill them, and I will give their carcasses^(C) as food^(D) to the birds and the wild animals.