Psalms 79:2
They have given, The dead bodies of thy servants, As food for the birds of the heavens, The flesh of thy men of lovingkindness, Unto the wild beast of the earth:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
3They have poured out their blood like water, Round about Jerusalem, With none to bury.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:26And thy dead body shall become food for every bird of the heavens, and for the beast of the earth,—with none to fright them away.
Jeremiah 15:3And I will set in charge over them—four species Declareth Yahweh, The sword to slay, and The dogs to trail along,—and The bird of the heavens and The beast of the earth to devour and to destroy.
Jeremiah 19:7And I will pour out the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, And I will cause them to fall by the sword, before their enemies, and by the hand of them who seek their life,—
Zephaniah 1:17And I will bring distress to mankind, and they shall walk like them who are blind, because, against Yahweh, have they sinned,—and their blood, shall be poured out, as dust, and their bowels like dung.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 79:2-6
Mournful Complaints. 1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. 2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. 3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them. 4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. 5 How long, Lord ? wilt thou be… Read the whole commentary →