Jeremiah 8:1-3

Jeremiah 8:1-3

[1] At that time,  saith  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:  [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.  [3] And death  shall be chosen  rather than life  by all the residue  of them that remain  of this evil  family,  which remain  in all the places  whither I have driven  them, saith  the LORD  of hosts. 

What does Jeremiah 8:1-3 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

"The sermon ends (if these verses, still in prose, should be taken with ch7) on a note which takes away the last shreds of comfort for those whose hopes or memories are bound up with Jerusalem." [1]