Psalms 79:7

For they have taken Jacob for their meat, and made waste his house.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6Let your wrath be on the nations who have no knowledge of you, and on the kingdoms who have not made prayer to your name.

8Do not keep in mind against us the sins of our fathers; let your mercy come to us quickly, for we have been made very low.

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Cross References

Psalms 80:13\80:12\Why are its walls broken down by your hands, so that all who go by may take its fruit?

Isaiah 24:1See, the Lord is making the earth waste and unpeopled, he is turning it upside down, and sending the people in all directions.

Jeremiah 51:34Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, has made a meal of me, violently crushing me, he has made me a vessel with nothing in it, he has taken me in his mouth like a dragon, he has made his stomach full with my delicate flesh, crushing me with his teeth.

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 →

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