Psalms 78:63
61 He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary.
62 He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage.
Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.
64 His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.
65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.
- KJV
- The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
- WEB
- Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.
- ASV
- Fire devoured their young men; And their virgins had no marriage-song.
- DARBY
- The fire consumed their young men, and their maidens were not praised in [nuptial] song;
- BLB
- Fire consumed His young men, and His virgins have not been praised.
- ÅB
- Ild fortærte dets unge menn, og dets jomfruer fikk ingen brudesang.
- OTB
- Ild fortærte Hans unge menn,
Og Hans jomfruer hadde ingen bryllupssanger. - B1930
- Ild fortærte dets unge menn, og dets jomfruer fikk ingen brudesang.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 7:34
I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”
Read in contextJeremiah 16:9
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom.
Read in contextNumbers 11:1
Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.
Read in contextPsalms 78:21
Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 29:20
The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven
Read in contextJeremiah 25:10
Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
Read in contextIsaiah 4:1
In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:22
For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
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