Psalms 69:25
23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.
24 Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.
May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
26 For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
27 Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
- KJV
- Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
- WEB
- Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents.
- ASV
- Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.
- DARBY
- Let their habitation be desolate; let there be no dweller in their tents.
- BLB
- May their encampment become desolate; may there be no one dwelling in their tents.
- ÅB
- Deres bolig bli øde, ei være der noen som bor i deres telt!
- OTB
- Måtte deres leir bli forlatt;
Måtte det ikke være noen som bor i deres telt. - B1930
- Deres bolig bli øde, ei være der nogen som bor i deres telt!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 1:20
“For it is written in the book of Psalms: ‘May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,’ and, ‘May another take his position.’
Read in contextMatthew 23:38
Look, your house is left to you desolate.
Read in contextJeremiah 7:12–14
But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.
Read in contextIsaiah 6:11
Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,
Read in contextLuke 13:35
Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
Read in context1 Kings 9:8
And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
Read in contextMatthew 24:1–2
As Jesus left the temple and was walking away, His disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings.
Read in contextIsaiah 5:1
I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
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