Not the living only but the dead will be exposed to the ruthless violence of the enemy, who will ransack the graves of the wealthier classes.

At that time. — Clearly, there is no break in the discourse. The time, therefore, is that of the destruction of Jerusalem by the C…

At that time, says the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, …

I have said that Jeremiah repeats in the first verse what he had previously said—that the Jews would be deprived of their graves, so that there mig…

At that time, says the Lord, they shall bring out the bones
of the kings of Judah
Tha…

Though no real hurt can be done to a dead body, yet disgrace to the remains of wicked persons may alarm those yet alive; and this reminds us that t…

Here, he threatens the exhumation of corpses.