Verse 5

I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 23:14 : 14 He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled their places with human bones.
  • 2 Kgs 23:16 : 16 Josiah turned, saw the graves that were on the hill, and sent men to take the bones from the graves. He burned them on the altar and defiled it according to the word of the LORD, as the man of God had proclaimed, who had foretold these things.
  • Jer 8:1-2 : 1 At that time, declares the LORD, they will bring out 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 from their graves. 2 They will spread them out before the sun, the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they loved, served, followed, sought, and worshiped. They will not be gathered or buried but will be like dung on the surface of the ground.