“Speak, Thus saith the Lord, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.”
The gathering of corpses: 'Say, "This is what the LORD declares: The dead bodies of people will lie like dung on the open field, like cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather them."' This verse indicates that the dead will be left unburied, lying 'like dung on the open field.' The comparison to 'cut grain behind the reaper' suggests that bodies will be scattered as completely as grain after harvest. The phrase 'with no one to gather them' emphasizes the abandonment. Theologically, this verse conveys the extent of the catastrophe: there will be so many dead that burial is impossible.
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