Psalms 74:9
7 They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.
8 They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.
There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.
10 How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
11 Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.
- KJV
- We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
- WEB
- We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
- ASV
- We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
- DARBY
- We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet, neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
- BLB
- Signs for us we do not see; there is no longer a prophet, and there is no one among us knowing until when.
- ÅB
- Våre egne tegn ser vi ikke; det er ikke noen profet mere, ikke noen hos oss som vet hvor lenge det skal vare.
- OTB
- Vi ser ikke våre tegn;
Det er ikke lenger noen profet,
Og det er ingen blant oss som vet varigheten. - B1930
- Våre egne tegn ser vi ikke; det er ikke nogen profet mere, ikke nogen hos oss som vet hvor lenge det skal vare.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Amos 8:11
Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.
Read in contextEzekiel 7:26
Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders.
Read in context1 Samuel 3:1
And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and visions were scarce.
Read in contextLamentations 2:9
Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD.
Read in contextExodus 12:13
The blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
Read in contextMicah 3:6
Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.
Read in contextExodus 13:9–10
It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.
Read in contextEzekiel 20:12
I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
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