And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
He burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars - a greater brand of infamy could not have been put on idolatrous priests than the disinterment of their bones; and a greater defilement could not have been done to the altars of idolatry than the burning upon them the bones of these who had there officiated in their lifetime.