Jeremiah 8:2

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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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
spread	וּשְׁטָחוּם֩ u.she.ta.Chum	H7849	to expand · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
sun	לַשֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ la.She.mesh	H8121	the sun · preposition with the article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
moon	וְלַיָּרֵ֜חַ ve.lai.ya.Re.ach	H3394	the moon · conjunction + preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
host	צְבָ֣א tze.Va'	H6635	a mass of persons (or figuratively · noun, common masculine singular construct
heaven	הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם ha.sha.Ma.yim	H8064	the sky (as aloft · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
loved	אֲהֵב֜וּם 'a.he.Vum	H157	to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 4:19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shoulde…
2 Kings 23:5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and…
Jeremiah 9:22 Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and no…
Zephaniah 1:5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;
Acts 7:42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye…
2 Kings 21:3 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ah…
Psalms 83:10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.
Jeremiah 16:4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 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 the dead, even of kings and princes, shall be disturbed, and their bones scattered at the grave's mouth, Psa 141:7. It was threatened in the close of the former chapter that the slain should be unburi…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 8:2

spread . . . before the sun, &c.--retribution in kind. The very objects which received their idolatries shall unconcernedly witness their dishonor. lover . . . served . . . after . . . walked . . . sought . . . worshipped--Words are accumulated, as if enough could not be said fully to express the mad fervor of their idolatry to the heavenly host (Kg2 23:5). nor . . . buried-- (Jer 22:19). dung-- (Jer 9:22; Psa 83:10).

John Gill on Jeremiah 8:2

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 worship of the sun, moon, and stars, that these deities will not be able to help them; as they could not prevent their dead bodies being dug up, so neither could they order or cause them to be gathered together, and buried again: whom they have loved; whereas they ought to have loved the Lord their God, and him only: it means an idolatrous love of and affection for them; and not the love of them, as creatures for use and delight; otherwise the light of the sun, moon, and stars, is sweet, and their…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 8:1-2

Dictionary and topics

Agriculture — Tilling the ground (Gen. 2:15; 4:2, 3, 12) and rearing cattle were the chief employments in ancient times. The Egyptians excelled in agriculture. And after the Israelites entered into the possession…
Dung — (1.) Used as manure (Luke 13:8); collected outside the city walls (Neh. 2:13). Of sacrifices, burned outside the camp (Ex. 29:14; Lev. 4:11; 8:17; Num. 19:5). To be “cast out as dung,” a figurative…
Heaven — (1.) Definitions. The phrase “heaven and earth” is used to indicate the whole universe (Gen. 1:1; Jer. 23:24; Acts 17:24). According to the Jewish notion there were three heavens, (a) The firmament,…
Moon — Heb. yareah, from its paleness (Ezra 6:15), and lebanah, the “white” (Cant. 6:10; Isa. 24:23), was appointed by the Creator to be with the sun “for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years”…
Burial · Privation of, threatened as a punishment — Privation of, threatened as a punishment
Idolatry · Punishment of: Dreadful judgments which end in death — Punishment of: Dreadful judgments which end in death
Moon · Worshiped — Worshiped
Moon, The · Worshipping of: Jews often guilty of — Worshipping of: Jews often guilty of
Prophets, False · Judgments denounced against — Judgments denounced against
Stars, The · Idolaters worshipped — Idolaters worshipped
Sun · Worshiped — Worshiped
Sun, The · The Jews: Worshipped

Jeremiah 8:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 8:1-3

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 8:2

John Gill on Jeremiah 8:2

John Calvin on Jeremiah 8:1-2

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 8:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 8:1-3

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 8:2

John Gill on Jeremiah 8:2

John Calvin on Jeremiah 8:1-2

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 8:1-2

Rashi on Jeremiah 8:2