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Psalms 79:7 Cross-References
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“For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.”
Psalms 79:7 (KJV)
Commentary on Psalms 79:7
For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place. This verse provides justification for the previous imprecatory prayer. "Devoured" (akhal, אָכַל) uses consuming/eating imagery, suggesting voracious destruction—not merely defeating but consuming completely, like wild beasts devouring prey. "Jacob" employs Israel's covenant name, emphasizing that attacking Israel attacks the people of God's promise to the patriarchs."Laid waste his dwelling place" (et-navehu heshamu, אֶת־נָוֵהוּ הֵשַׁמּוּ) uses shamem (שָׁמֵם), meaning to devastate, make desolate, horrify. The "dwelling place" (n...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Psalms 79:7
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“he has crushed me”
“but they added to the calamity.,And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction., וְקֶצֶף גָּדוֹל אֲנִי קֹצֵף עַל־הַגּוֹיִם הַשַּׁאֲנַנִּים אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי קָצַפְתִּי מְּעָט וְהֵמָּה עָזְרוּ לְרָעָה׃ ,and I am very sore displeased with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, and they helped for evil.,καὶ ὀργὴν μεγάλην ἐγὼ ὀργίζομαι ἐπὶ τὰ ἔθνη τὰ συνεπιτιθέμενα ἀνθ' ὧν ἐγὼ μὲν ὠργίσθην ὀλίγα αὐτοὶ δὲ συνεπέθεντο εἰς κακά,And I am very angry with the heathen that combine to attack her: forasmuch as I indeed was a little angry, but they combined to attack her for evil.,,,,”
“Zion is become a wilderness”
“We are not guilty”
“Yahweh makes the earth empty”
“The boar out of the wood doth waste it”
“until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths: [for] as long as it lay desolate it kept Sabbath”
“and the Philistines behind; and they will devour Israel with open mouth. For all this”