Charles Ellicott Commentary Jeremiah 7:33

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Jeremiah 7:33

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Jeremiah 7:33

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"And the dead bodies of this people shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall frighten them away." — Jeremiah 7:33 (ASV)

None shall fray them away. —No picture could be more appalling in its horrors—streets and valleys filled with the bodies of the slain, vultures and jackals feeding on them, and not one hand raised, like that of Rizpah (2 Samuel 21:10), to protect the dead from that extremest desecration. Here, again, we have an almost literal quotation from Deuteronomy (Deuteronomy 28:26).