²² ‘Speak as follows: “This is what the Lord declares: Human corpses will fall like manure on the surface of the field,^(A) like newly cut corn^(B) after the reaper with no one to gather it.

⁴ They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will be like manure on the soil’s surface.^(A) They will be finished off by sword and famine. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land.^(B)

³³ Those slain by the Lord^(A) on that day will be scattered from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned,^(B) gathered, or buried. They will be like manure on the soil’s surface.