Study it in the app“Speak: “Thus declares YHWH: ‘The corpses of human beings will fall like dung on the face of the field, and like a sheaf behind the reaper, with no one to gather them.’””
Speak:דַּבֵּר“ThusכֹּהdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH:יְהוָה‘The corpsesנִבְלַתof human beingsהָאָדָםwill fallוְנָפְלָהlike dungכְּדֹמֶןon the faceעַל פְּנֵיof the field,הַשָּׂדֶהand like a sheafוּכְעָמִירbehind the reaper,מֵאַחֲרֵי הַקֹּצֵרwith no oneוְאֵיןto gather them.’”מְאַסֵּף
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appearsdeclaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearscarcass, dead body
A carcass, the dead body of a person or of an animal (often in the singular for many). Once, figuratively, of idols.
Where else “nivlat” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearsfall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “nafla” appearsdung
Dung, animal excrement left lying in the field. In the Bible it is always used as a comparison for corpses no one gathers or buries (2 Kings 9:37; Jeremiah 8:2; Psalm 83:10).
Where else “domen” appearssurface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appearsfield
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appearssheaf
Sheaf, a bundle of cut grain.
Where else “amir” appearsreap
To cut the ripe grain; those who cut it.
Where else “kotser” appearsgather
To bring together what was scattered, like the harvest.
Where else “measef” appears21For death has come up through our windows; it has entered our palaces, to cut off the child from the street, the young men from the squares.
22 · This verse (above)
23Thus says YHWH: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast in his might; let not the rich man boast in his riches;
