Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Jeremiah 19:13
shall be defiled—with dead bodies (Jeremiah 19:12; II Kings 23:10).
because of all the houses—Rather, (explanatory of the previous "the houses . . . and . . . houses"), "even all the houses," etc. [CALVIN].
roofs—being flat, they were used as high places for sacrifices to the sun and planets (Jeremiah 32:29; II Kings 23:11-12; 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.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 19:13:
2 Kings 21:1-3
2 Kings 23:12
Isaiah 46:1
Isaiah 65:3
Jeremiah 2:23
Jeremiah 7:18
Jeremiah 19:1
Jeremiah 32:29
Zephaniah 1:5
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