Psalms 78:64
Their priests were put to death by the sword, and their widows made no weeping for them.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
In Context
63Their young men were burned in the fire; and their virgins were not praised in the bride-song.
65Then was the Lord like one awaking from sleep, and like a strong man crying out because of wine.
Cross References
1 Samuel 4:11And the ark of God was taken; and Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of Eli, were put to the sword.
1 Samuel 4:19And his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was with child and near the time when she would give birth; and when she had the news that the ark of God had been taken and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, her pains came on her suddenly and she gave birth.
1 Samuel 4:22And she said, The glory is gone from Israel, for the ark of God has been taken.
Job 27:15When those of his house who are still living come to their end by disease, they are not put into the earth, and their widows are not weeping for them.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:41-72
Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies 40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! 41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. 42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. 43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: 44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. 45 He sent divers sorts of flies among… Read the whole commentary →