Psalms 78:3

They have shed their blood as water, 1 Round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

In Context

2They have given the dead bodies of thy servants 1 To be food for the birds of the sky, 1 The flesh of thy holy ones for the wild beasts of the earth. 1

4We are become a reproach to our neighbors, 1 A scorn and derision to them that are round about us. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 10:2that ye may relate in the ears of your children, and to your children’s children, in how many things I have mocked the Egyptians, and my wonders which I wrought among them; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

Exodus 13:8And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying, Therefore the Lord dealt thus with me, as I was going out of Egypt.

Job 13:1Behold, mine eye has seen these things, 1 And mine ear has heard them. 1

Psalms 48:8A brother does not redeem, shall a man redeem? 1 He shall not give to God a ransom for himself, 1

Isaiah 38:19The living shall bless thee, as I also do: for from this day shall I beget children, who shall declare thy righteousness,

Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:2-9

The Importance of Religious Instruction. 1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: 3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord , and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. 5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our… Read the whole commentary →

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