The Lord had commanded the man of God to speak against the altar. He said,
Jeremiah 8:1 - Easy To Read Version This message is from the Lord: “At that time, men will take the bones of the kings and important rulers of Judah from their tombs. {\cf2\super [68]} They will take the bones of the priests and prophets from their tombs. They will take the bones of all the people of Jerusalem from their tombs. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition AT THAT time, says the Lord, [the Babylonian army will break open the sepulchers, and] they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its princes, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem from their graves. American Standard Version (1901) At that time, saith Jehovah, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves; Common English Bible At that time, declares the LORD, the bones of the kings of Judah and its officers, the bones of the priests and the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be taken from their graves Catholic Public Domain Version "In that time, says the Lord, they will cast out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its leaders, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of those who were living in Jerusalem, from their graves. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version At that time, saith the Lord, they shall cast out the bones of the kings of Juda, and the bones of the princes thereof, and the bones of the priests, and the bonesof the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves. |
The Lord had commanded the man of God to speak against the altar. He said,
Josiah looked around and saw graves on the mountain. He sent men, and they took the bones from those graves. Then he burned the bones on the altar. In this way, Josiah defiled (ruined) the altar. This happened according to the message from the Lord that the man of God [298] announced. [299] The man of God announced these things when Jeroboam stood beside the altar.
Josiah killed all the priests of the high places that were in Samaria. He killed the priests on those altars. He burned men’s bones on the altars. {In this way he ruined those places of worship.} Then he went back to Jerusalem.
Jezebel’s body will be like dung on the field in the area of Jezreel. People won’t be able to recognize Jezebel’s body!’”
But those evil people will be scared,\par like they have never been scared before!\par Those evil people are Israel’s enemies.\par God has rejected those evil people.\par So God’s people will defeat them,\par and God will scatter the bones\par of those evil people.\par
And the people those prophets spoke to will be thrown into the streets. Those people will die from hunger and from an enemy’s sword. No person will be there to bury those people, or their wives or their sons or daughters. I will punish them.
The Lord’s power came on me. The Spirit {\cf2\super [285]} of the Lord carried me \{out of the city\} and put me down in the middle of the valley. {\cf2\super [286]} The valley was full of dead men’s bones.
Your altars {\cf2\super [48]} will be broken into pieces! Your incense {\cf2\super [49]} altars will be smashed! And I will throw down your dead bodies in front of your filthy idols.
I will put the dead bodies of the people of Israel in front of their filthy idols. I will scatter your bones around your altars.
The Lord says these things: “I will definitely punish the people of Moab {\cf2\super [30]} for the many crimes they did. {\cf2\super [31]} Why? Because Moab burned the bones of the king of Edom {\cf2\super [32]} into lime.