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John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 8:2
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And they shall spread them before the sun and the moon, and all the host of heaven, etc.] The stars. This shows, not only that they should be publicly exposed; but, as it refers to their idolatrous worship of the sun, moon, and stars, that these deities will not be able to help them; as they could not prevent their dead bodies being dug up, so neither could they order or cause them to be gathered together, and buried again: whom they have loved; whereas they ought to have loved the Lord their God, and him only: it means an idolatrous love of and affection for them; and not the love of them, as creatures for use and delight; otherwise the light of the sun, moon, and stars, is sweet, and their influence great; and a pleasant thing it is to behold them, and especially the former of them, the fountain of light and heat: and whom they have served; more and besides the Creator of them, whom they should have served, the Lord of hosts, and him only: and after whom they have walked; not in a natural and literal sense, but in a religious one, as is after explained: and whom they have sought; for advice and counsel, and by making their prayers and supplications to them: and whom they have worshipped; by bowing the knee, or kissing the hand; by offering sacrifices, and burning incense, and putting up petitions to them; by trusting in them, and expecting good things from them; (see <122103>2 Kings 21:3-5 23:5 <240718>Jeremiah 7:18 <260816>Ezekiel 8:16): they shall not be gathered, nor be buried: meaning not the men that should die in those times, but the bones that should be brought out of the graves; these, having been scattered about, should not be collected together again, and replaced in their sepulchres: they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth; that is, they should lie and rot upon the face of the earth, and crumble into dust, and become dung for it; (see <198310>Psalm 83:10).
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