Jer 19:13 | JFB | e4.org | 13. shall be defiled —with dead bodies ( ). 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 ( ). The Nabateans, south and east of the Dead Sea, a nation most friendly to the Jews, according to STRABO , had the same usage.

‏ Jeremiah 19:13

13. shall be defiled—with dead bodies (Jer 19:12; 2Ki 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 (Jer 32:29; 2Ki 23:11, 12; Zep 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.