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Psalms 79:3 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury "
Psalms 79:3
Verse in Context
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[[A Psalm of Asaph.]] O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
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
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
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Psalms 79:1
"[[A Psalm of Asaph.]] O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps."
Psalms 79:2
"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."
Psalms 79:4
"We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about"
Psalms 79:5
"How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?"
Psalms 79:6
"Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name."
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