Jeremiah 8:1
At that time, saith Jehovah, Shall the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of the princes, The bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, And the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Be cast forth from their graves;
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Jeremiah 7:32Therefore behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, That it shall no more be called Tophet, Or the valley of the son of Hinnom, But the Valley of Slaughter; For they shall bury in Tophet till there be no room left.
Ezekiel 6:5And I will lay the carcasses of the sons of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
Amos 2:1Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, And for four, will I not turn away his punishment; For he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime!
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 8:1
The prophet proceeds, in this chapter, both to magnify and to justify the destruction that God was bringing upon this people, to show how grievous it would be and yet how righteous. I. He represents the judgments coming as so very terrible that death should appear so as most to be dreaded and yet should be desired, ver. 1-3 . II. He aggravates the wretched stupidity and wilfulness of this people as that which brought this ruin upon them, ver. 4-12 . III. He describes the great confusion and consternation that the… Read the whole commentary →