Jeremiah 8:1

At that time, saith the Lord, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 7:32–34 Historical context

Jeremiah 7:32-34 sets the immediate context of desolation and burial, leading into the bone desecration here.

Jeremiah 7:33 also warns of unburied corpses left as food for birds — same judgment theme.

Jeremiah 16:4 repeats the judgment: unburied corpses, dung on ground, eaten by birds — identical imagery.

Ezekiel 6:5 Parallel

Ezekiel 6:5 describes scattering bones around altars as divine judgment — directly parallel to the removal of bones from graves in Jeremiah.

Genesis 15:15 promises Abraham peaceful burial in old age — the opposite of the shameful bone removal in Jeremiah.

Leviticus 26:30 threatens that dead bodies will be cast upon idols — a parallel curse of disgrace after death, matching the bone removal.

Deuteronomy 28:26 warns of unburied bodies as food for birds — another curse of posthumous dishonor, parallel to bones being taken from graves.

2 Kings 23:14 records Josiah filling places with men's bones to defile altars — directly parallel to removing bones from graves as desecration.

Psalm 79:3 Parallel

Psalm 79:3 echoes the horror of unburied bodies in Jerusalem — blood poured out with no one to bury them.

Isaiah 14:19 describes a king cast out of his grave like a rejected corpse — a similar image of dishonored dead.

2 Kings 23:16 records Josiah removing bones from tombs and burning them, a partial parallel to the exposure here, though not exact.

In 2 Chronicles 34:5, Josiah burns bones of priests on altars — a similar desecration of bones as judgment, though from reform rather than punishment.

Isaiah 34:3 Parallel

Isaiah 34:3 depicts slain bodies cast out and rotting — a similar scene of unburied dead in judgment.

Amos 2:1 Parallel

Amos 2:1 condemns Moab for burning Edom's king's bones — a similar act of bone desecration but against a foreign enemy, not God's people.

Amos 4:10 Parallel

Amos 4:10 describes the stench of slain in camps — a similar consequence of judgment, though less specific.

Ezekiel 6:4 Parallel

Ezekiel 6:4 mentions slain men cast down before idols — a similar image of dishonored dead in judgment.