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Psalms 79:3

Jerusalem

1 The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

2 They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.

They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.

4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.

5 How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

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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.

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BSB
They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.
KJV
Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
WEB
They have shed their blood like water around Jerusalem. There was no one to bury them.
ASV
Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; And there was none to bury them.
DARBY
Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury [them].
BLB
They have poured out their blood like the waters around Jerusalem, and there is none to bury them.
ÅB
De har utøst deres blod som vann rundt omkring Jerusalem, og der var ingen som la dem i graven.
OTB
De har utøst deres blod som vann rundt Jerusalem,
Og det var ingen til å legge dem til hvile.
B1930
De har utøst deres blod som vann rundt omkring Jerusalem, og der var ingen som la dem i graven.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 16:4

    “They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.”

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  • Jeremiah 14:16

    And the people to whom they prophesy will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out their own evil upon them.

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  • Revelation 11:9

    For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.

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  • Romans 8:36

    As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

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  • Jeremiah 25:33

    Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.

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  • Jeremiah 15:3

    I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

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  • Jeremiah 8:1–2

    “At that time,” declares the LORD, “the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves.

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  • Revelation 17:6

    I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.

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