Psalms 79:7

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

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6Pour out thy fury over the nations that acknowledge thee not, and over the kingdoms that have not called on thy name.

8Oh remember not against us the iniquities of our fathers: make haste, let thy mercies come to our aid; for we are very miserable.

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Cross References

Psalms 80:13(80:14) The boar out of the forest doth gnaw at it, and what moveth on the field feedeth on it.

Isaiah 24:1Behold, the Lord maketh empty the land, and layeth it waste, marreth its surface, and scattereth abroad its inhabitants.

Isaiah 64:10(64:9) Thy holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem, a desolate place.

Jeremiah 51:34“Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon devoured me, he crushed me, he set me down as an empty vessel, he swallowed me up like a huge serpent, he filled his belly with my delicacies: he drove 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 →

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