Jeremias 8:1
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 bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- In illo tempore, ait Dominus, ejicient ossa regum Juda, et ossa principum ejus, et ossa sacerdotum, et ossa prophetarum, et ossa eorum qui habitaverunt Jerusalem, de sepulchris suis :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, λέγει Κύριος, ἐξοίσουσιν τὸ ὀστᾶ τῶν βασιλέων Ἰούδα καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ τῶν ἀρχόντων αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ τῶν ἱερέων καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ προφητῶν καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ τῶν κατοικούντων ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἐκ τῶν τάφων αὐτῶν,
- Hebrew (WLC)
- בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֣יא נְאֻם יְהוָ֡ה ויציאו אֶת עַצְמ֣וֹת מַלְכֵֽי יְהוּדָ֣ה וְאֶת עַצְמוֹת שָׂרָיו֩ וְאֶת עַצְמ֨וֹת הַכֹּהֲנִ֜ים וְאֵ֣ת עַצְמ֣וֹת הַנְּבִיאִ֗ים וְאֵ֛ת עַצְמ֥וֹת יוֹשְׁבֵֽי יְרוּשָׁלִָ֖ם מִקִּבְרֵיהֶֽם
Haydock's commentary
Graves. They might suppose that they would find treasures in them, as the tombs of Semiramis, Cyrus, &c., were thus enriched. This inhumanity seems to have taken place before the last siege, Baruch ii. 24. (Calmet)
Quæque carent ventis et solibus ossa Quirini
Nefas videre dissipabit insoleas.
(Horace, epod. 16.)
Cruelty and avarice cause persecutors to act thus. (Worthington)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Cyril of Jerusalem On Repentance and Remission of Sins, and Concerning the Adversary
17. What thinkest thou of Nabuchodonosor? Hast thou not heard out of the Scriptures that he was bloodthirsty, fierce, lion-like in disposition? Hast thou not heard that he brought out the bones of the kings from their graves into the light? Hast thou not heard that he carried the people away captive? Hast thou not heard that he put out the eyes of the king, after he had already seen his children slain? Hast thou not heard that he brake in pieces the Cherubim? I do not mean the invisible beings; away with such a thought, O man, but the sculptured images, and the mercy-seat, in the midst of which God spake with His voice. The veil of the Sanctuary he trampled under foot: the altar of incense he took and carried away to an idol-temple: all the offerings he took away: the Temple he burned from the foundations. …