He burned the bones of the pagan priests on their altars; he purified Judah and Jerusalem.

将他们祭司的骸骨烧在坛上，洁净了犹大和耶路撒冷；

把祭司的骸骨烧在他们的坛上，洁净了犹大和耶路撒冷。

把祭司的骸骨烧在他们的坛上，洁净了犹大和耶路撒冷。

把它们祭司的骸骨放在它们的坛上焚烧。这样，他洁净了犹大和耶路撒冷。

他把祭司的骨头烧在他们的祭坛上，这样就洁净了犹大和耶路撒冷。

將他們祭司的骸骨燒在壇上，潔淨了猶大和耶路撒冷；

把祭司的骸骨燒在他們的壇上，潔淨了猶大和耶路撒冷。

把祭司的骸骨燒在他們的壇上，潔淨了猶大和耶路撒冷。

把它們祭司的骸骨放在它們的壇上焚燒。這樣，他潔淨了猶大和耶路撒冷。

他把祭司的骨頭燒在他們的祭壇上，這樣就潔淨了猶大和耶路撒冷。

他又將他們的祭司的骸骨燒在他們的祭壇上，而潔淨了猶大和耶路撒冷。

焚其祭司之骨於壇、而潔猶大及耶路撒冷、

昔有祭司、獻祭於斯壇、王焚其骨於上、於是猶大國、耶路撒冷邑成潔。

以死祭司之骸骨、焚於偶像之壇、如是潔猶大地及耶路撒冷、

He burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and so he purged Judah and Jerusalem.

He burned the bones of the priests on their altars. That’s the way he made Judah and Jerusalem pure and“ clean.”

He also burned the bones of the priests on their altars and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

He burned the bones of the pagan priests on their own altars, and so he purified Judah and Jerusalem.

He burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

He also burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

He burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

He burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

With the authority of the LORD he cried out against the altar,“ O altar, altar! This is what the LORD says,‘ Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’”

He sacrificed all the priests of the high places on the altars located there, and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

“ Son of man, say to her:‘ You are a land that receives no rain or showers in the day of my anger.’

In spite of all this, Israel’s sister, unfaithful Judah, has not turned back to me with any sincerity; she has only pretended to do so,” says the LORD.

“ You must not pollute the land where you live, for blood defiles the land, and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed there, except by the blood of the person who shed it.

The LORD says,“ When that time comes, the bones of the kings of Judah and its leaders, the bones of the priests and prophets and of all the other people who lived in Jerusalem will be dug up from their graves.They will be spread out and exposed to the sun, the moon and the stars. These are things they adored and served, things to which they paid allegiance, from which they sought guidance, and worshiped. The bones of these people will never be regathered and reburied. They will be like manure used to fertilize the ground.

When Josiah turned around, he saw the tombs there on the hill. So he ordered the bones from the tombs to be brought; he burned them on the altar and defiled it. This fulfilled the LORD’s announcement made by the prophet while Jeroboam stood by the altar during a festival. King Josiah turned and saw the grave of the prophet who had foretold this.

“ Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?

he tore down the altars and Asherah poles, demolished the idols, and smashed all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.