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Jeremiah 8:2

They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.

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ASV

and they 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, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.

KJV

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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Original language & word study

27 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּשְׁטָחוּם֩u.she.ta.Chumand they will spread out themH7849 →
לַשֶּׁ֨מֶשׁla.She.meshto the sunH8121 →
וְלַיָּרֵ֜חַve.lai.ya.Re.achand to the moonH3394 →
וּלְכֹ֣ל׀u.le.Kholand to allH3605 →
צְבָ֣אtze.Va'[the] host ofH6635 →
הַשָּׁמַ֗יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
אֲהֵב֜וּם'a.he.Vumthey loved themH157 →
וַאֲשֶׁ֤רva.'a.Sherand whichH834 →
עֲבָדוּם֙'a.va.Dumthey served themH5647 →
וַֽאֲשֶׁר֙va.'a.Sherand whichH834 →
הָלְכ֣וּha.le.Khuthey walkedH1980 →
אַֽחֲרֵיהֶ֔ם'a.cha.rei.Hemafter themH310 →
וַאֲשֶׁ֣רva.'a.Sherand whichH834 →
דְּרָשׁ֔וּםde.ra.Shumthey consulted themH1875 →
וַאֲשֶׁ֥רva.'a.Sherand whichH834 →
הִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּhish.ta.cha.Vuthey bowed downH7812 →
לָהֶ֑םla.Hemto <the> them
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808 →
יֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ye.'a.se.Futhey will be gatheredH622 →
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
יִקָּבֵ֔רוּyi.ka.Ve.ruthey will be buriedH6912 →
לְדֹ֛מֶןle.Do.men<into> dungH1828 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] surface ofH6440 →
הָאֲדָמָ֖הha.'a.da.Mahthe groundH127 →
יִֽהְיֽוּ׃Yih.Yuthey will becomeH1961 →

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Exodus 23:25So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.Deuteronomy 4:19When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.2 Kings 23:5Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.Ezekiel 37:1The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.Jeremiah 25:33Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.2 Kings 9:37And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”Jeremiah 9:22Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”Acts 7:42But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?Zephaniah 1:5those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,Ezekiel 29:5I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air.Psalms 33:6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.Ezekiel 8:16So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.2 Kings 21:3For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.Jeremiah 36:30Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by day and frost by night.Psalms 83:10who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.Jeremiah 16:4“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.”Jeremiah 22:19He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.Jeremiah 19:13The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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