Jeremiah 8:1

New Living Translation

“In that day,” says the Lord, “the enemy will break open the graves of the kings and officials of Judah, and the graves of the priests, prophets, and common people of Jerusalem.

Cross References

1 Kings 13:2

Then at the Lord’s command, he shouted, “O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says: A child named Josiah will be born into the dynasty of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests from the pagan shrines who come here to burn incense, and human bones will be burned on you.”

2 Kings 23:16

Then Josiah turned around and noticed several tombs in the side of the hill. He ordered that the bones be brought out, and he burned them on the altar at Bethel to desecrate it. (This happened just as the Lord had promised through the man of God when Jeroboam stood beside the altar at the festival.) Then Josiah turned and looked up at the tomb of the man of God who had predicted these things.

2 Kings 23:20

He executed the priests of the pagan shrines on their own altars, and he burned human bones on the altars to desecrate them. Finally, he returned to Jerusalem.

2 Kings 9:37

Her remains will be scattered like dung on the plot of land in Jezreel, so that no one will be able to recognize her.’”

Psalm 53:5

Terror will grip them, terror like they have never known before. God will scatter the bones of your enemies. You will put them to shame, for God has rejected them.

Jeremiah 14:16

As for the people to whom they prophesy—their bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and war. There will be no one left to bury them. Husbands, wives, sons, and daughters—all will be gone. For I will pour out their own wickedness on them.

Ezekiel 37:1

The Lord took hold of me, and I was carried away by the Spirit of the Lord to a valley filled with bones.

Ezekiel 6:4

All your altars will be demolished, and your places of worship will be destroyed. I will kill your people in front of your idols.

Ezekiel 6:5

I will lay your corpses in front of your idols and scatter your bones around your altars.

Amos 2:1

This is what the Lord says: “The people of Moab have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished! They desecrated the bones of Edom’s king, burning them to ashes.