Jeremiah 16:4

⁴an epidemic of death. Death unlamented, the dead unburied, dead bodies decomposing and stinking like dung, all the killed and starved corpses served up as meals for carrion crows and mongrel dogs!"

Jeremiah 16 is a chapter of stark prophetic symbolism and unexpected hope. God commands Jeremiah to remain celibate and avoid public mourning and feasting—living signs of the coming judgment on Judah. The people will ask why such disaster has come, and the answer is clear: their fat