Jeremiah 16:4

“They shall die of grievous deaths, etc.] Such as the sword, famine, and pestilence. The Targum particularly adds famine. It may be rendered, “deaths of diseases, or sicknesses”f333; such as are brought on by long sickness and lingering distempers; by which a man consumes gradually, as by famine, and is not snatched away at once; and which are very grievous to bear. They shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; which two offices are usually done to the dead by their surviving relations; who mourn for them, and express their grief by various gestures, and which especially were used by the eastern nations; and take care that they have a decent burial: but neither of these would now…”

“grievous deaths--rather, "deadly diseases" (Jer 15:2). not . . . lamented--so many shall be the slain (Jer 22:18). dung-- (Psa 83:10).”

“die: Jer 14:16, Jer 15:2, Jer 15:3; Psa 78:64 not: Jer 16:5-7, Jer 22:18, Jer 25:33; Amo 6:9, Amo 6:10 neither: Jer 7:33, Jer 22:19, Jer 36:30; Psa 79:2, Psa 79:3 as dung: Jer 8:1-3, Jer 9:22, Jer 25:33; Kg1 14:10, Kg1 14:11, Kg1 21:23, Kg1 21:24; Kg2 9:10, Kg2 9:36, Kg2 9:37; Psa 83:10; Isa 5:25; Zep 1:17 consumed: Jer 14:15, Jer 34:17, Jer 44:12, Jer 44:27; Eze 5:12 meat: Jer 34:20; Psa 79:2; Isa 18:6; Eze 39:17-20; Rev 19:17, Rev 19:18 Jeremiah 16:5”