Jeremiah 8:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

who loved and worshipped the sun, moon, and stars. These bones will be scattered and left lying on the ground like rubbish, where the sun and moon and stars can shine on them.

Cross References

2 Kings 17:16

The people of Israel disobeyed all the commands of the LORD their God. They made two gold statues of calves and set up a sacred pole for Asherah; they also worshipped the stars and the god Baal.

2 Kings 21:3

He rebuilt the local shrines that his father Hezekiah had torn down. He built altars for the god Baal and set up a sacred pole for worshipping the goddess Asherah, just as King Ahab of Israel had done. And he faithfully worshipped the stars in heaven.

2 Kings 21:5

and for the stars. He placed these altars in both courts of the temple,

2 Kings 23:5

Josiah also got rid of the pagan priests at the local shrines in Judah and around Jerusalem. These were the men whom the kings of Judah had appointed to offer sacrifices to Baal and to the sun, moon, and stars.

Psalm 53:5

But you will be more terrified than ever before. God will scatter the bones of his enemies, and you will be ashamed when God rejects you.

Psalm 83:10

near Endor, and let their bodies rot.

Psalm 83:11

Treat their leaders as you did Oreb and Zeeb, Zebah and Zalmunna.

Ecclesiastes 6:3

You may live a long time and have a hundred children. But a child born dead is better off than you, unless you enjoy life and have a decent burial.

Jeremiah 14:16

And everyone who listens to them will be killed, just as they deserve. Their dead bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem, because their families will also be dead, and no one will be left to bury them.

Jeremiah 16:11

Then tell them I have said: People of Judah, your ancestors turned away from me; they rejected my laws and teachings and started worshipping other gods.

Jeremiah 16:4

They will die of horrible diseases and of war and starvation. No one will give them a funeral or bury them, and their bodies will be food for the birds and wild animals. And what's left will lie on the ground like manure.

Jeremiah 16:6

Rich and poor alike will die and be left unburied. No one will mourn and show their sorrow by cutting themselves or shaving their heads.

Jeremiah 22:19

You will be given a burial fit for a donkey; your body will be dragged outside the city gates and tossed in the dust. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Jeremiah 25:33

When it strikes, I will kill so many people that their bodies will cover the ground like manure. No one will be left to bury them or to mourn.

Jeremiah 31:40

Even that disgusting Hinnom Valley will be sacred to me, and so will the eastern slopes that go down from Horse Gate into Kidron Valley. Jerusalem will never again be destroyed.

Jeremiah 36:30

So I, the LORD, promise that you will be killed and your body thrown out on the ground. The sun will beat down on it during the day, and the frost will settle on it at night. And none of your descendants will ever be king of Judah.

Jeremiah 9:20

“We ask you women to pay attention to what the LORD says. We will teach you a funeral song that you can teach your daughters and friends:

Jeremiah 9:21

‘We were in our fortress, but death sneaked in through our windows. It even struck down children at play and our strongest young men.’

Jeremiah 9:22

“The LORD has told us the ground will be covered with dead bodies, like stalks of ungathered grain or like manure.”

Ezekiel 29:5

I'll throw you and the fish into the desert, and your body will fall on the hard ground. You will be left unburied, and wild animals and birds will eat your flesh.

Ezekiel 39:5

of your dead bodies left lying in open fields. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Ezekiel 6:5

Dead bodies and bones will be lying around the idols and the altars.

Ezekiel 8:16

I was then led into the temple's inner courtyard, where I saw about twenty-five men standing near the entrance, between the porch and the altar. Their backs were to the LORD's temple, and they were bowing down to the rising sun.

Zephaniah 1:17

The LORD warns everyone who has sinned against him, “I'll strike you blind! Then your blood and your insides will gush out like vomit.

Zephaniah 1:5

Not a trace will be found of those who worship stars from their rooftops, or bow down to the god Milcom, while claiming loyalty to me, the LORD.

Acts 7:42

God turned his back on his people and left them. Then they worshipped the stars in the sky, just as it says in the Book of the Prophets, “People of Israel, you didn't offer sacrifices and offerings to me during those forty years in the desert.

Deuteronomy 4:19

And when you see the sun or moon or stars, don't be tempted to bow down and worship them. The LORD put them there for all the other nations to worship.