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Jeremiah 8:1

At that time, says the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Graves. They might suppose that they would find treasures in them, as the tombs of Semiramis, Cyrus, 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)

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