Psalms 79:7
For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 80:13The boar out of the wood ravages it, and the wild beasts of the field feed on it.
Isaiah 24:1Behold, LORD makes the earth empty, and makes it waste, and turns it upside down, and scatters abroad the inhabitants of it.
Isaiah 64:10Thy holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
Jeremiah 51:34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me. He has crushed me. He has made me an empty vessel. He has, like a monster, swallowed me up. He has filled his stomach with my delicacies. He has cast me out.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 79:7-13
Petitions for Succor and Relief; Petitions for Deliverance. 6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. 7 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. 10 Wherefore should the… Read the whole commentary →