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Psalm 79:2–3

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2They have given dthe bodies of your servants

to the birds of the heavens for food,

the flesh of your efaithful to fthe beasts of the earth.

3They have poured out their blood like water

all around Jerusalem,

and there was gno one to bury them.

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Cross references

  1. dDeut. 28:26; Jer. 7:33; 16:4; 19:7; 34:20
  2. eSee Ps. 50:5
  3. fPs. 74:19
  4. gJer. 14:16; [2 Kgs. 9:10]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They have left the dead bodies of your servants

as food for the birds of the sky,

the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.

They have poured out blood like water

all around Jerusalem,

and there is no one to bury the dead.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They gave the corpses of your servants

to the birds of the sky for food,

the flesh of your faithful ones

to the beasts of the earth.

They poured out their blood

like water all around Jerusalem,

and there was no one to bury them.

NLTNew Living Translation

They have left the bodies of your servants

as food for the birds of heaven.

The flesh of your godly ones

has become food for the wild animals.

Blood has flowed like water all around Jerusalem;

no one is left to bury the dead.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They have given the bodies of your servants

as food for the birds of the heavens,

the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth.

They have poured out their blood like water

all around Jerusalem,

and there was none to bury them.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

Their blood have they shed like water

Round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.