# Connecting Statement:

Yahweh continues to speak of his judgment on the people of Judah.

# The corpses

"The dead bodies"

# this people

"the people of Judah"

# the birds of the skies

See how you translated "the birds of the heavens" in [Jeremiah 4:25](../04/25.md).

# the wild animals of the earth

Another possible meaning is "the wild animals of the land," referring to Judah.

# to frighten them away

"to scare them away"

