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Psalms 79:3

Jerusalem

1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.

4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy 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 shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

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  • Jeremiah 14:16

    And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

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  • Revelation 11:9

    And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

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  • Romans 8:36

    As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

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  • Jeremiah 25:33

    And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.

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  • Jeremiah 15:3

    And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.

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  • Jeremiah 8:1–2

    At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:

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  • Revelation 17:6

    And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

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