2 Chronicles 34:5 - Revised Standard Version He also burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Josiah burned the bones of the [idolatrous] priests upon their altars, and so cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. American Standard Version (1901) And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem. Common English Bible He burned the bones of the priests on their altars, purifying Judah and Jerusalem. Catholic Public Domain Version And after that, he burned the bones of the priests upon the altars of the idols. And so did he cleanse Judah and Jerusalem. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he burnt the bones of the priests on the altars of the idols: and he cleansed Juda and Jerusalem. |
And the man cried against the altar by the word of the Lord, and said, “O altar, altar, thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and he shall sacrifice upon you the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and men's bones shall be burned upon you.’ ”
And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the mount; and he sent and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them upon the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who had predicted these things.
And he slew all the priests of the high places who were there, upon the altars, and burned the bones of men upon them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
And Josiah took away all the abominations from all the territory that belonged to the people of Israel, and made all who were in Israel serve the Lord their God. All his days they did not turn away from following the Lord the God of their fathers.
he broke down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the images into powder, and hewed down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
Yet for all this her false sister Judah did not return to me with her whole heart, but in pretense, says the Lord.”
O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?
“Son of man, say to her, You are a land that is not cleansed, or rained upon in the day of indignation.
You shall not thus pollute the land in which you live; for blood pollutes the land, and no expiation can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of him who shed it.