They will spread out their bones on the ground before the sun, moon, and stars—the gods my people have loved, served, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up again or buried but will be scattered on the ground like manure.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Loved ... served ... walked ... sought ... worshipped - There is great force in the piled-up verbs by which their worship of the heavenly bo…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Whom they have loved ... —Here, again, there is a peculiar characteristic emphasis in the piling up, one upon another, of…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

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, …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

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…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And they shall spread them before the sun and the moon, and all
the host of heaven
The …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

Here, he threatens the exhumation of corpses.

  1. He speaks of the exhumation itself: they shall cast out the bones, believin…