"At that time, saith 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, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:"
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CHAPTER VIII
_The judgments threatened in the last chapter are here declared_
_to extend to the very dead, whose tombs should be opened, and_
_the carcasses treated with every mark of indignity_, 1...
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Not the living only but the dead shall be exposed to the ruthless
violence of the enemy, who will ransack the graves of the wealthier
classes....
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CHAPTER 8
_ 1. The horrors of the invasion (Jeremiah 8:1) _
2. Hardened hearts and retribution (Jeremiah 8:4)
3. Utter destruction threatened (Jeremiah 8:13)
4. The prophet's lamentation (Jeremiah...
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JEREMIAH 7:29 TO JEREMIAH 8:3. MOURNING FOR JUDAH'S DEAD. Let
Jerusalem mourn, and raise a dirge on the heights (where she sinned by
her idolatry), because of the near approach of the punishment for t...
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SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle.
BONES. Note the Figure of speech _Repetitio_, for emphasis.
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_, to emphasize each class
as responsible for the corru...
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Jeremiah 8:1. _they shall bring out_ Not, apparently, with the hope of
finding spoil, treasures and ornaments of value being often buried
with the dead (cp. Darius's fruitless visit to the tomb of Nit...
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AT THAT TIME, SAITH THE LORD— "The Chaldeans shall regard neither
the living nor the dead. They shall put the living to death without
remorse; and shall break open and defile the tombs of the dead, in...
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B. The Future Destruction Jeremiah 7:32 to Jeremiah 8:3
TRANSLATION
(32) Therefore behold, days are coming (oracle of the LORD) when it
shall no longer be called the Topheth or the valley of the son...
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At that time, saith 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, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the
inh...
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SHALL BRING OUT THE BONES] either from pure wantonness, or in the hope
of finding treasure or ornaments of value....
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VIII.
(1) AT THAT TIME. — There is, it is obvious, no break in the
discourse, and the time is therefore that of the destruction of
Jerusalem by the Chaldæans, and of the burial of the slain. Not even...
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בָּ † עֵ֣ת הַ הִ֣יא נְאֻם ־יְהוָ֡ה
_יֹוצִ֣יאוּ_† אֶת ־עַצְמֹ֣ות מַלְכֵֽי
־יְהוּדָ֣ה וְ אֶת ־עַצְמֹ
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Jeremiah 8:1; Jeremiah 9:1; Jeremiah 10:1; Jeremiah 26:1
In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is
plainly a finished whole. The only possible exception Jeremiah 10:1
shall be...
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Utter desolation would overtake them so that death would be chosen
rather than life. This sin of idolatry had been aggravated by the
people's terrible persistence therein. If men fall it is naturally...
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At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring the bones of the kings
of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests,
and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabita...
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_Graves. They might suppose that they would find treasures in them, as
the tombs of Semiramis, Cyrus, &c., were thus enriched. This
inhumanity seems to have taken place before the last siege, Baruch i...
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CONTENTS
The Prophet is going on with the same Sermon, in the same strain and
on the same subject. The Chapter is made up of reproof and
lamentation....
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I Have said that Jeremiah repeats in the first verse what he had
before said, — that the Jews would be deprived of their graves, in
order that there might be on the dead a mark of God’s vengeance; as...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, AND 9.
Chapter 7 begins a new prophecy, contemplating especially the temple,
which, instead of being a protection (as the people, without
conscience, wo...
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AT THAT TIME, SAITH THE LORD, THEY SHALL BRING OUT THE BONES OF THE
KINGS OF JUDAH,.... That is, either the Chaldeans or the Romans would
do this; for this refers to the destruction of Jerusalem, eith...
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At that time, saith 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, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the
inha...
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_At that time_, &c. The first three verses of this chapter properly
belong to the preceding, and ought not to have been separated from it.
_They shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah_ “The
C...
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At that time, saith the Lord, namely, when the sentence of God upon
Jerusalem would be carried into effect, THEY SHALL BRING OUT THE BONES
OF THE KINGS OF JUDAH, AND THE BONES OF HIS PRINCES, AND THE...
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1-3 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 the Divine justice and punishments extend beyond t...
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JEREMIAH CHAPTER 8 The calamity of the Jews, both dead and alive,
JEREMIAH 8:1. Their brutish impenitency, JEREMIAH 8:4: Their vain
boast of wisdom; their covetousness, security, impudence, JEREMIAH
8...
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Jeremiah 8:1 time H6256 says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 out H3318
(H8686) bones H6106 kings H4428 Judah H3063 bones H6106 princes H8269
bones H6106 priests H3548 bones H6106 prophets H5030 bones H6106
i...
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Jeremiah 8:1. _At that time, saith 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, and the bones of the prophets, and the bo...
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CONTENTS: Message in the temple gate, continued. Terrible judgments
impending.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Impenitence brings certain ruin. All the boasted wisdom of
man cannot serve to k...
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Jeremiah 8:1. _At that time they shall bring out the bones of the
kings of Judah of the princes of the priests, and the bones_ (as in
the Chaldaic) _of the_ false _prophets._ They shall spread them be...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 8:1 Removing BONES from a grave was a
great insult (2 Kings 23:16). Victorious invaders often did this (Amos
2:1). Ironically, these bones will be placed in full view of the...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Chronology and History, as in chap.
7. Observe, however, that a new section in this extended prophetic
address commenced with Jeremiah 8:4, which continues to chap. Jere...
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EXPOSITION
JEREMIAH 8:1
Punishment will even overtake the sinners who have long since been
deceased.
JEREMIAH 8:1
THEY SHALL BRING OUT THE BONES. Not only shall many of the dead bodies
remain unbur...
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At that time, saith 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, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the
inha...
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1 Kings 13:2; 2 Chronicles 34:4; 2 Chronicles 34:5; 2 Kings 23:16; 2
Kings 23:20; Amos 2:1; Ezekiel 37:1; Ezekiel 6:5; Jeremiah 7:32...
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The bones — This denotes the utter desolation of the city, not only
rasing the walls, but turning up the very sepulchres which were
accounted sacred, and not to be violated....