Jeremiah 8:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.

They shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven - retribution in kind. The very objects which received their idolatries shall unconcernedly witness their dishonour.

Whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped. Words are accumulated, as if enough could not be said fully to express the mad fervour of their idolatry to the heavenly host (2 Kings 23:5).

They shall not be gathered, nor be buried - (Jeremiah 22:19, "(Jehoiakim) shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem)."

Dung - (Jeremiah 9:22; Psalms 83:10).

Jeremiah 8:2

2 And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.