Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 19:13
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13. shall be defiled —with dead bodies ( Jeremiah 19:12 ; 2 Kings 23:10 ). because of all the houses —Rather, (explanatory of the previous "the houses . . . and . . . houses"), " even all the houses," c. [CALVIN]. roofs —being flat, they were used as high places for sacrifices to the sun and planets ( Jeremiah 32:29 2 Kings 23:11 ; 2 Kings 23:12 ; Zephaniah 1:5 ). The Nabateans, south and east of the Dead Sea, a nation most friendly to the Jews, according to STRABO, had the same usage. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-14" class="com-number"
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