Jeremiah 8:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

At that time, says the Lord, the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be brought out of their tombs,

Cross References

1 Kings 13:2

And he cried out against the altar by the word of the Lord and said, “O altar, altar, thus says the Lord: A son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name, and he shall sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer incense on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.”

2 Kings 23:16

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 on the altar and defiled it, according to the word of the Lord that the man of God proclaimed when Jeroboam stood by the altar at the festival; he turned and looked up at the tomb of the man of God who had proclaimed these things.

2 Kings 23:20

He slaughtered on the altars all the priests of the high places who were there and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

2 Kings 9:37

the corpse of Jezebel shall be like dung on the field in the territory of Jezreel, so that no one can say, ‘This is Jezebel.’ ”

Psalm 53:5

There they shall be in great terror, in terror such as has not been. For God will scatter the bones of the ungodly; they will be put to shame, for God has rejected them.

Jeremiah 14:16

And the people to whom they prophesy shall be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and sword. There shall be no one to bury them—themselves, their wives, their sons, and their daughters—for I will pour out their wickedness upon them.”

Ezekiel 37:1

The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones.

Ezekiel 6:4

Your altars shall become desolate, and your incense stands shall be broken, and I will throw down your slain in front of your idols.

Ezekiel 6:5

I will lay the corpses of the people of Israel in front of their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.

Amos 2:1

Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because he burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom.