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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 8:1-3

These verses might fitly have been joined to the close of the foregoing chapter, as giving a further description of the dreadful desolation which the army of the Chaldeans should make in the land. It shall strangely alter the property of death itself, and for the worse too. I. Death shall not now be, as it always used to be?the repose of the dead. When Job makes his court to the grave it is in hope of this, that there he shall rest with kings and counsellors of the earth; but now the ashes of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:1

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, either by the former or the latter; and it is certain that Jerusalem was ploughed up by the Romans, whereby the prophecy in Micah 3:12 was accomplished; when it is highly probable the graves were dug up, and the bones of the dead brought out, and scattered abroad by way of revenge; or it may be... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:1

They shall bring out the bones - This and the two following verses are a continuation of the preceding prophecy, and should not have been separated from the foregoing chapter. In order to pour the utmost contempt upon the land, the victorious enemies dragged out of their graves, caves, and sepulchers, the bones of kings, princes, prophets, priests, and the principal inhabitants, and exposed them in the open air; so that they became, in the order of God's judgments, a reproach to them in... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:1

Verse 1 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 though he had said, that after having been destroyed by the hand of enemies, they would have their punishment extended farther by having their dead bodies exposed to the wild beasts and birds. The faithful, as I have said, suffer no loss, when burial is denied them; but yet they do not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:1

They shall bring out the bones . Not only shall many of the dead bodies remain unburied, but the sepulchers of those who have till now "lain in honor, each one in his house" ( Isaiah 14:18 ), shall be violated. The inhabitants of Jerusalem meant are evidently those of the upper class, for the others were buried, with but little regard to the security of the corpses, in the valley of Kedron ( 2 Kings 23:6 ). According to some, the motive of this invasion of the chambers of the dead is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:1-2

The bones of the dead idolaters cast out before their cities. I. ASK HOW THIS SPOLIATION COMES TO PASS . One cannot suppose that it came by the intention of Jehovah. Rather would it arise as a necessary part of wholesale pillage. Considerable treasures might be lying in the tombs of these grandees of Israel, and much might also have been hidden in them for purposes of safety, and therefore, seeing that this hideous devastation had to happen, it was fitting to call... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:1-3

Punishment will even overtake the sinners who have long since been deceased. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:1

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. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 8:1-2

Jeremiah 8:1-2. 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 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 hopes of finding riches deposited there. They shall cast them out of their sepulchres, and leave them upon the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:1-3

No hope for an idolatrous people (7:16-8:3)God now tells Jeremiah that it is useless for him to persist in praying for the safety of the Judeans. They have so given themselves to idolatrous practices that nothing can save them from God’s judgment. Throughout the cities and towns of Judah people worship foreign gods, but in the process they harm themselves (16-19). The harm will be much greater when God’s judgment falls on them (20).While openly worshipping heathen gods, the people also offer... read more

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