Jeremiah 8:2

“and they will spread them out before the sun and the moon and all the army of the heavens, which they have loved and which they have served and after which they have walked and which they have sought and to which they have bowed down. They will not be gathered or buried; as dung on the face of the ground they will be.”
Jeremiah 8:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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and they will spread them outוּשְׁטָחוּםbefore the sunלַשֶּׁמֶשׁand the moonוְלַיָּרֵחַand allוּלְכֹלthe armyצְבָאof the heavens,הַשָּׁמַיִםwhichאֲשֶׁר םthey have lovedאֲהֵבוּand whichוַאֲשֶׁר םthey have servedעֲבָדוּand after whichוַאֲשֶׁר אַחֲרֵיהֶםthey have walkedהָלְכוּand whichוַאֲשֶׁר םthey have soughtדְּרָשׁוּand to whichוַאֲשֶׁר לָהֶםthey have bowed down.הִשְׁתַּחֲווּThey will notלֹאbe gatheredיֵאָסְפוּorוְלֹאburied;יִקָּבֵרוּas dungלְדֹמֶןon the faceעַל פְּנֵיof the groundהָאֲדָמָהthey will be.יִהְיוּ

Jeremiah 8:2, word by word

and they will spread them outשְׁטָחוּshetachu

spread out

Spread out, lay out on the ground.

Where else “shetachu” appears

before the sunשֶּׁמֶשׁshemesh

sun

The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.

Where else “shemesh” appears

and the moonיָּרֵחַyareach

moon

Moon.

Where else “yareach” appears

the armyצְבָאtseva

army

An army.

Where else “tseva” appears

of the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

Where else “shamayim” appears

they have lovedאֲהֵבוּahevu

love

To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.

Where else “ahevu” appears

they have servedעֲבָדוּavadu

worship

To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.

Where else “avadu” appears

they have walkedהָלְכוּhalchu

"Go after" someone, follow them.

Where else “halchu” appears

they have soughtדְּרָשׁוּderashu

seek

To pursue something earnestly, or care for it.

Where else “derashu” appears

they have bowed downהִשְׁתַּחֲווּhishtachavu

worship

To bow before God in adoration.

Where else “hishtachavu” appears

be gatheredיֵאָסְפוּyeasfu

assemble

To bring people together in one place.

Where else “yeasfu” appears

buriedיִקָּבֵרוּyikaveru

bury

Bury.

Where else “yikaveru” appears

as dungדֹמֶןdomen

dung

Dung, animal excrement left lying in the field. In the Bible it is always used as a comparison for corpses no one gathers or buries (2 Kings 9:37; Jeremiah 8:2; Psalm 83:10).

Where else “domen” appears

on the faceפְּנֵיpene

surface

The surface: "the face of the earth".

Where else “pene” appears

of the groundאֲדָמָהadama

soil

Farmland, or dust.

Where else “adama” appears

they will beיִהְיוּyihyu

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “yihyu” appears

The context

1“At that time, declares YHWH, they will bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem from their graves;

2 · This verse (above)

3And death will be chosen rather than life by all the remnant that remains of this evil clan, in all the places where they remain, where I have driven them, declares YHWH Tsevaot.

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