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Psalms 79:7

Israel

5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.

8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.

9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake.

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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
for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.
KJV
For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
WEB
for they have devoured Jacob, and destroyed his homeland.
ASV
For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his habitation.
DARBY
For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation.
BLB
For they have devoured Jacob, and his habitation they have made desolate.
ÅB
For de har fortært Jakob og lagt hans bolig øde.
OTB
For de har fortært Jakob
Og brakt ødeleggelse til hans bolig.
B1930
For de har fortært Jakob og lagt hans bolig øde.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 51:34–35

    Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.

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  • Zechariah 1:15

    And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

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  • Isaiah 64:10–11

    Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

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  • Isaiah 24:1–12

    Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

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  • Jeremiah 50:7

    All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.

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  • Psalms 80:13

    The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.

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  • 2 Chronicles 36:21

    To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

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  • Isaiah 9:12

    The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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