Psalm 79:3

Translations

Modern

They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.

Traditional

Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.

Literal

They have poured out their blood like the waters around Jerusalem, and there is none to bury them.

Latin

Effuderunt sanguinem eorum tamquam aquam in circuitu Jerusalem, et non erat qui sepeliret.

Original

Hebrew

English

They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.

Notes

Psalms 79:1–4

The poet laments the defilement of the temple and the success of the enemy.

Psalms 79:1–13

This lament describes the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC. Israel’s early history of rebellion, described in Psalm 78, angered God. As a result, Zion was destroyed. The temple was defiled, and the bodies of the dead lay across the land.

The psalmist then prays for forgiveness and rescue (Psalm 79:8–9) and asks God to repay the nation's enemies (Psalm 79:12–13). Other psalms lamenting the exile include Psalms 42–44, 102, 107, 126, and 137.

Related verses

Jeremiah 14:16
And the people to whom they prophesy will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out their own evil upon them.
Jeremiah 16:4
“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.”
Revelation 11:9
For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.
Revelation 18:24
And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.
Revelation 16:6
For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
Jeremiah 25:33
Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.
Psalm 141:7
As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
Psalm 79:10
Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.
Jeremiah 8:1–2
“At that time,” declares the LORD, “the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves.
Matthew 23:35
And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
Revelation 17:6
I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.
Jeremiah 15:3
I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

Parallels

Psalm 74:1–23 Jeremiah 52:1–11

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions

Glossary

Asaph Imprecatory Psalms Mercy Music Psalms, Book of

Topics

The Jews: Denunciations Against Those Who: Slaughtered War: Evils of

Psalm 79:3

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