Jer 19:13 | JFB | STEP | 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 (Jr 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 (Jr 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.