Psalms 79:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.”
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BSBPD
“for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his habitation.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“For <FI>one<Fi> hath devoured Jacob, And his habitation they have made desolate.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 79:7 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 36:21So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD through Jeremiah.
- Psalms 80:13The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.
- Isaiah 9:12Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
- Isaiah 24:1Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
- Isaiah 64:9Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!
- Isaiah 64:10Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.
- Jeremiah 50:7All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’
- Jeremiah 51:34“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.
- Zechariah 1:15but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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