Jeremiah 8:2

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

²And they will [carelessly] scatter [the corpses] before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which [the dead] have loved and which they have served and after which they have walked and which they have sought, inquired of, and required and which they have worshiped. They shall not be gathered, or be buried; they shall be like ^[a]dung upon the face of the earth.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 8:2 “Observe the irony. The stars look powerlessly down on the bones of their worshipers—while these send up a stench!” (Johan P. Lange, A Commentary).

Jeremiah 8:2

New International Version

²They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they have loved and served^(A) and which they have followed and consulted and worshiped.^(B) They will not be gathered up or buried,^(C) but will be like dung lying on the ground.^(D)

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Jeremiah 8:2

King James Version

²And 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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Jeremiah 8:2

New King James Version

²They shall spread them before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and which they have served and after which they have walked, which they have sought and ^(A)which they have worshiped. They shall not be gathered ^(B)nor buried; they shall be like refuse on the face of the earth.

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