Psalms 79:7
For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
Psalms 79:7 in other translations
| BSB | for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland. |
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| WEB | for they have devoured Jacob, and destroyed his homeland. |
| ASV | For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his habitation. |
| YLT | For one hath devoured Jacob, And his habitation they have made desolate. |
| DARBY | For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation. |
| BBE | For they have taken Jacob for their meat, and made waste his house. |
| Webster | For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling-place. |
What does Psalms 79:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 79:6-7
6-7. (Compare Jr 10:25). Though we deserve much, do not the heathen deserve more for their violence to us (Jr 51:3-5; Zec 1:14)? The singular denotes the chief power, and the use of the plural indicates the combined confederates. called upon--or, "by" thy name--proclaimed Thy attributes and professed allegiance (Is 12:4; Ac 2:21).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 79:6-13
Those who persist in ignorance of God, and neglect of prayer, are the ungodly. How unrighteous soever men were, the Lord was righteous in permitting them to do what they did. Deliverances from trouble are mercies indeed, when grounded upon the pardon of sin; we should therefore be more earnest in prayer for the removal of our sins than for the removal of afflictions. They had no hopes but from God's mercies, his…
Psalms 79:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 79:7
- 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. The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
- 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.
- Isaiah 64:10-11
Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
- 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. And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word. The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. …
- 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.
- Psalms 80:13
The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
- 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.
- 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- 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.
- Psalms 79:7
For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
- Psalms 79:8
O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
Psalms 79:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque han consumido á Jacob, y su morada han asolado. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car on a dévoré Jacob, et on a dévasté sa demeure. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn man hat Jakob aufgezehrt, und seine Wohnung haben sie verwüstet. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Posuisti nos in contradictionem vicinis nostris, et inimici nostri subsannaverunt nos. |