Jeremiah 8:2

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 

Jeremiah 9:14

9:14 Instead they have followed the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts. They have paid allegiance to ⁶  the gods called Baal, ⁷  as their fathers ⁸  taught them to do.

Ezekiel 11:21

11:21 But those whose hearts are devoted to detestable things and abominations, I hereby repay them for what they have done, ⁹  says the sovereign Lord.”

Ezekiel 11:1

The Fall of Jerusalem

11:1 A wind ¹⁰  lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s temple that faces the east. There, at the entrance of the gate, I noticed twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, officials of the people. ¹¹ 

Ezekiel 4:3

4:3 Then for your part take an iron frying pan ¹²  and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face toward it. It is to be under siege; you are to besiege it. This is a sign ¹³  for the house of Israel.

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.”

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.”

⁶ tn Heb “they have gone/followed after.” See the translator’s note at 2:5 for the idiom.

⁷ tn Heb “the Baals,” referring either to the pagan gods called “Baals” or the images of Baal (so NLT).

⁸ tn Or “forefathers,” or “ancestors.” Here the referent could be the immediate parents or, by their example, more distant ancestors.

⁹ tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.”

¹⁰ tn Or “spirit.” See note on “wind” in 2:2.

¹¹ sn The phrase officials of the people occurs in Neh 11:1; 1 Chr 21:2; 2 Chr 24:23.

¹² tn Or “a griddle,” that is, some sort of plate for cooking.

¹³ tn That is, a symbolic object lesson.