And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
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Gill's Exposition
And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes,.... The Targum paraphrases it,
"where the carcasses of the Assyrian army fell;''
Sennacherib's army, destroyed by an angel; and so Jarchi…
Barnes' Notes
The whole valley of the dead bodies - Probably some part of the Valley of Ben-Hinnom. Comparing Zec 2:4, the conclusion seems evident that Jeremiah’s words are to be spiritually understood. His city…
Glorious things have been spoken in the foregoing verses concerning the gospel church, which that epocha of the Jewish church that was to commence at the return from captivity would at length…
Cambridge Bible
valley of the dead bodies the valley of Hinnom, into which carcases of criminals and of animals were cast. It was also defiled as the scene of human sacrifices offered to Molech (Jer 7:31; Jer 32:35),…
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