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Psalms 79:1 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Psalms 79:1 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Psalms chapter 79 verse 1 to related passages throughout the Bible.
How Long, O Lord?
“A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. of: or, for”
Psalms 79:1 (KJV)
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Commentary on Psalms 79:1
O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. This communal lament opens with a description of devastating invasion. Like Psalm 74, it likely responds to the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BCE, though the language is applicable to any catastrophic violation of the holy city."The heathen are come into thine inheritance" (ba'u goyim benachalatekha, בָּאוּ גוֹיִם בְּנַחֲלָתֶךָ) frames the invasion theologically. Goyim (nations, Gentiles) have entered God's nachalah (inheritance, possession). The land was not m...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Psalms 79:1
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“concerning whom you did command that they should not enter into your assembly.”
“and broke down the wall of Jerusalem”
“and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble”
“why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?”
“saying”
“They have cast fire into thy sanctuary”
“who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary”
“and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem”
“the God of Israel”
“and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the gate between the two walls”