18 And the men who transgressed my covenant and did not keep the terms of (A)the covenant that they made before me, I will make them like[a] (B)the calf that they cut in two and passed between its parts— 19 the officials of Judah, the officials of Jerusalem, (C)the eunuchs, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf. 20 And I will give them into the hand of their enemies (D)and into the hand of those who seek their lives. (E)Their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 34:18 Hebrew lacks them like

18 Those who have violated my covenant(A) and have not fulfilled the terms of the covenant they made before me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two and then walked between its pieces.(B) 19 The leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials,(C) the priests and all the people of the land who walked between the pieces of the calf, 20 I will deliver(D) into the hands of their enemies who want to kill them.(E) Their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.(F)

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