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“At that time,” says the LORD, “they will bring the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of his princes, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves.
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Verse 1. Graves. They might suppose that they would find treasures in them, as the tombs of Semiramis, Cyrus, and so forth were thus enriched. This inhumanity seems to have taken place before the last siege. Baruch 2:24. Calmet.
Quæque carent ventis et solibus ossa Quirini
Nefas videre dissipabit insoleas. Hor. epod. 16.
—Cruelty and avarice cause persecutors to act thus. Worthington.
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