Et non audierunt vocem tuam, ut operarentur regi Babylonis : et statuisti verba tua, quæ locutus es in manibus puerorum tuorum prophetarum, ut transferrentur ossa regum nostrorum et ossa patrum nostrorum de loco suo :
The Book of Baruch 2:24 Commentary
2 historical voicesHow the Church has read Baruch 2:24 across two millennia — Matthew Henry, John Calvin, Augustine of Hippo, John Chrysostom and more, gathered verse by verse from the public domain.
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COMMENTARY ON BARUCH 2:19
And not only have we who are alive been given over to servitude, but also the tombs of our ancestors, in particular those of the kings, were destroyed to their foundations, and their bones were scattered and exposed to the open air to be corroded by the elements.
FRAGMENTS ON BARUCH 2:24
After death, their bones were to suffer as a sign of the future judgment.