Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
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.
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.
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
1-3. The dead shall share in the universal punishment....
SHALL BRING OUT THE BONES] either from pure wantonness, or in the hope of finding treasure or ornaments of value....
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...
בָּ † עֵ֣ת הַ הִ֣יא נְאֻם ־יְהוָ֡ה _יֹוצִ֣יאוּ_
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 fin
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...
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...
_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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
RETRIBUTION UPON THE JEWS...
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...
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...
Jeremiah 8:1 time H6256 says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 out H3318 (H8686) bones H6106 kings H4428 Judah...
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...
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 bon...
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...
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...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 8:1 Removing BONES from a grave was a great insult (2 Kings 23:16). Victorious invaders often did this ...
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...
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...
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...
1 Kings 13:2; 2 Chronicles 34:4; 2 Chronicles 34:5; 2 Kings 23:16;...
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....