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- etc. Either there was no friend or relation left to bury them, or none was allowed to perform this last sad office. The despotism of eastern princes often proceeds to such a degree of extravagance as to fill the mind with astonishment and horror. In Morocco, no person dares to bury the body of a malefactor without an order from the emperor; and Windus, speaking of a man who was to have been sawn in two, informs us, that "his body must have remained to be eaten by the dogs, if the emperor had not pardoned him." "Our bonesª are scatteredª° at the grave'sª mouth,ª as when¹ one cuttethª° and cleavethª° [wood] upon the earth.ª" {Psa 141:7} + "At that¹ time,ª saithª° the LORD,ª they shall bring outª°¹ the bonesª of the kingsª of Judah,ª and the bonesª of his princes,ª and the bonesª of the priests,ª and the bonesª of the prophets,ª and the bonesª of the inhabitantsª° of Jerusalem,ª out of their graves:ª¹ ... And they shall spreadª° them before the sun,ª and the moon,ª and all¹ the hostª of heaven,ª whom¹ they have loved,ª° and whom¹ they have served,ª° and afterª whom¹ they have walked,ª° and whom¹ they have sought,ª° and whom¹ they have worshipped:ª° they shall not¹ be gathered,ª° nor¹ be buried;ª° they shall be¹ for dungª upon¹ the faceª of the earth.ª" {Jer 8:1-2} + "And the peopleª to whom¹ they¹ prophesyª° shall be¹ cast outª° in the streetsª of Jerusalemª becauseª¹ of the famineª and the sword;ª and they shall have none¹ to buryª° them,ª them,¹ their wives,ª nor their sons,ª nor their daughters:ª for I will pourª°¹ their wickednessª upon¹ them." {Jer 14:16} + "And I will appointª° over¹ them fourª kinds,ª saithª° the LORD:ª¹ the swordª to slay,ª° and the dogsª to tear,ª° and the fowlsª of the heaven,ª and the beastsª of the earth,ª to devourª° and destroy.ª°" {Jer 15:3} + "They shall dieª° of grievousª deaths;ª they shall not¹ be lamented;ª° neither¹ shall they be buried;ª° [but] they shall be as dungª upon¹ the faceª of the earth:ª and they shall be¹ consumedª° by the sword,ª and by famine;ª and their carcasesª shall be meatª for the fowlsª of heaven,ª and for the beastsª of the earth.ª" {Jer 16:4} + "And the slainª of the LORDª shall be¹ at that¹ dayª from [one] endª¹ of the earthª even unto¹ the [other] endª of the earth:ª they shall not¹ be lamented,ª° neither¹ gathered,ª° nor¹ buried;ª° they shall be¹ dungª uponª¹ the ground.ª" {Jer 25:33} + "I will even giveª° them into the handª of their enemies,ª° and into the handª of them that seekª° their life:ª and their dead bodiesª shall be¹ for meatª unto the fowlsª of the heaven,ª and to the beastsª of the earth.ª" {Jer 34:20} + "Andª they²° ofª the¹ peopleª andª kindredsª andª tonguesª andª nationsª shall seeª° their²¹ dead bodiesª threeª daysª andª an half,ª andª shall²° notª sufferª° their²¹ dead bodiesª to be putª° inª graves.ª" {Rev 11:9}
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