Jeremiah 8:2

They will be spread out and exposed to the sun, the moon and the stars. ¹  These are things they ²  adored and served, things to which they paid allegiance, ³  from which they sought guidance, and worshiped. The bones of these people ⁴  will never be regathered and reburied. They will be like manure used to fertilize the ground. ⁵ 

De 4:19; De 17:3; 2Ki 9:36,37; 2Ki 17:16; 2Ki 21:3,5; 2Ki 23:5; 2Ch 33:3-5; Ps 83:10; Ec 6:3; Jer 9:22; Jer 16:4; Jer 19:13; Jer 22:19; Jer 36:30; Jer 44:17-19; Eze 8:16; Zep 1:5; Zep 1:17; Ac 7:42

¹ tc MT, 4QJer^a and LXX read “the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven,” but 4QJer^c reads “the sun and all the stars.”

tn Heb “the host of heaven.”

² tn Heb “the sun, moon, and host of heaven which they…”

³ tn Heb “followed after.” See the translator’s note at 2:5 for the idiom.

⁴ tn Heb “they will not” but the referent is far enough removed that it might be ambiguous.

⁵ tn Heb “like dung/manure on the surface of the ground.”