Psalms 78:64
His priests fell by the sword; and his widows did not weep.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
In Context
63His young men the fire devoured; and his virgins were not demanded in marriage.
65Then awoke the Lord as one that sleepeth, like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
Cross References
1 Samuel 4:11And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of 'Eli, Chophni and Phinehas, died also.
1 Samuel 4:19And his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings concerning that the ark of God had been taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she sank down and gave birth; for her pains came suddenly upon her.
1 Samuel 4:22And she said, Glory is departed from Israel; for the ark of God hath been taken away.
Job 27:15Those of his that are left to escape will be buried by death; and his widows will not be able to weep.
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 →