26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.

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26 (A)Your carcasses shall be food for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and no one shall frighten them away.

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79 O god, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

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.

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A Dirge and a Prayer for Israel, Destroyed by Enemies

A Psalm of Asaph.

79 O God, the [a]nations have come into (A)Your inheritance;
Your holy temple they have defiled;
(B)They have laid Jerusalem [b]in heaps.
(C)The dead bodies of Your servants
They have given as food for the birds of the heavens,
The flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
Their blood they have shed like water all around Jerusalem,
And there was no one to bury them.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 79:1 Gentiles
  2. Psalm 79:1 in ruins

12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

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12 (A)When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and (B)when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But (C)I will consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.”

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And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

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And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, (A)and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hands of those who seek their lives; their (B)corpses I will give as meat for the birds of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth.

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