"And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth."
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LOVED ... SERVED ... WALKED ... SOUGHT ... WORSHIPPED - There is great
force in the piled-up verbs by which their worship of the heavenly
bodies is described. The prophet beginning with the heart’s
“l...
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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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AND. Particularizing here the details of the idolatry.
NOT BE GATHERED. Compare 2 Samuel 21:13....
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_host of heaven_ Such worship was frequent, as we see from 2 Kings
17:16; 2 Kings 21:3; Zephaniah 1:5, in the time of the later kings.
Cp. Jeremiah 19:13; Ezekiel 8:16....
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AND THEY SHALL SPREAD THEM— _And they shall leave them exposed,_ &c....
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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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And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the
host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and
after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and w...
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1-3. The dead shall share in the universal punishment....
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WHOM THEY HAVE LOVED... — Here, again, there is a peculiar
characteristic emphasis in the piling up, one upon another, of verbs
more or less synonymous. So far as there is a traceable order, it is
fro...
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וּ שְׁטָחוּם֩ לַ † שֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ וְ לַ †
יָּרֵ֜חַ וּ לְ כֹ֣ל ׀ צְבָ֣א הַ
שָּׁמַ֗יִם...
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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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It is more than probable, that the ransacking of the sepulchres of the
kings of Israel and Judah by the enemy, was more in their view to find
treasure, than to show contempt. David's grave we are told...
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It was, because they _served the sun, and the moon, and the stars _It
was God’s just vengeance, that their bones should be taken from
their graves, in order that the sun and moon and all the stars mig...
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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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AND THEY SHALL SPREAD THEM BEFORE THE SUN AND THE MOON, AND ALL THE
HOST OF HEAVEN,.... The stars. This shows, not only that they should
be publicly exposed; but, as it refers to their idolatrous wors...
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And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the
host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and
after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and wh...
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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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RETRIBUTION UPON THE JEWS...
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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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THEY SHALL SPREAD THEM BEFORE THE SUN; not gather them together into
charnel-houses, as we usually do out of humanity, but scatter them
about as it were to be turned into dust and dung. AND THE MOON,...
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Jeremiah 8:2 spread H7849 (H8804) sun H8121 moon H3394 host H6635
heaven H8064 loved H157 (H8804) served H5647 (H8804) after H310 walked
H1980 (H8804) sought H1875 (H8804) worshiped H7812 (H8694) gath...
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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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2 Chronicles 33:3; 2 Kings 17:16; 2 Kings 21:3; 2 Kings 21:5; 2 Kings
23:5; 2 Kings 9:36; 2 Kings 9:37; Acts 7:42; Deuteronomy 17:3;...