New English Translation
Psalms 79:3
3They have made their blood flow like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them.
Psalms 79:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
- New International Version (NIV)They have poured out blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Their blood they have shed like water all around Jerusalem, And there was no one to bury them.
Context of Psalms 79:3
1O God, foreigners have invaded your chosen land; they have polluted your holy temple and turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins. 2They have given the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky; the flesh of your loyal followers to the beasts of the earth. They have made their blood flow like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them. 4We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us. 5How long will this go on, O Lord? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?
Read all of Psalms 79Psalms 79:3 word by word
שָׁפְכ֬וּ דָמָ֨ם׀ כַּמַּ֗יִם סְֽבִ֘יב֤וֹת יְֽרוּשָׁלִָ֗ם וְאֵ֣ין קוֹבֵֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 79:3
- Psalms 79:10Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants be avenged among the nations!
- Matthew 23:35so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
- Romans 8:36As it is written, “For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
- Revelation 16:6because they poured out the blood of your saints and prophets, so you have given them blood to drink. They got what they deserved!”
- Revelation 17:6I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of those who testified to Jesus. I was greatly astounded when I saw her.
- Revelation 18:24The blood of the saints and prophets was found in her, along with the blood of all those who had been killed on the earth.”
- Psalms 141:7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
- Jeremiah 8:1The Lord says, “When that time comes, the bones of the kings of Judah and its leaders, the bones of the priests and prophets and of all the other people who lived in Jerusalem will be dug up from their graves.
- Jeremiah 14:16The people to whom they are prophesying will die through war and famine. Their bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem and there will be no one to bury them. This will happen to the men and their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out on them the destruction they deserve.”
- Jeremiah 15:3“I will punish them in four different ways: I will have war kill them. I will have dogs drag off their dead bodies. I will have birds and wild beasts devour and destroy their corpses.
- Jeremiah 16:4They will die of deadly diseases. No one will mourn for them. They will not be buried. Their dead bodies will lie like manure spread on the ground. They will be killed in war or die of starvation. Their corpses will be food for the birds and wild animals.
- Jeremiah 25:33Those who have been killed by the Lord at that time will be scattered from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned over, gathered up, or buried. Their dead bodies will lie scattered over the ground like manure.
- Jeremiah 34:20I will hand them over to their enemies who want to kill them. Their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.
- Revelation 11:9For three and a half days those from every people, tribe, nation, and language will look at their corpses, because they will not permit them to be placed in a tomb.
Commentaries on Psalms 79:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3There was none to bury them - The Chaldeans would not; and the Jews who were not slain were carried into captivity.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem - They have poured it out in such quantities that it seems to flow like water - not an uncommon occurrence in war. There was no event in the history of the Hebrews to which this description would be more applicable than to the Babylonian invasion. The language might indeed be applicable to the desolation of the city by Antiochus Epiphanes, and also to its destruction by the Romans; but, of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4The poet laments the defilement of the temple and the success of the enemy.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-32-3. (Compare Jr 15:3; 16:4).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 79
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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