Psalms 79:3

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

They have shed their blood like water around Jerusalem. There was no one to bury them.

ASV

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

LSV

They have shed their blood || As water around Jerusalem, || And there is none burying.

YLT

They have shed their blood As water round about Jerusalem, And there is none burying.

DBY

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

DRC78:3

They have poured out their blood as water, round about Jerusalem and there was none to bury them.

GNV

Their blood haue they shead like waters rounde about Ierusalem, and there was none to burie them.

JPS

They have shed their blood like water round about Jerusalem, with none to bury them.

LXXE78:3

They have shed their blood as water, round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.

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WLC

שָׁפְכ֬וּ דָמָ֨ם ׀ כַּמַּ֗יִם סְֽבִ֘יב֤וֹת יְֽרוּשָׁלִָ֗ם וְאֵ֣ין קוֹבֵֽר׃

LXX-Br78:3

Ἐξέχεαν τὸ αἷμα αὐτῶν ὡς ὕδωρ, κύκλῳ Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ θάπτων.

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• 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…
• Jeremiah 14:16And 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…
• Revelation 11:9For 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.
• Psalms 79:10Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.
• Romans 8:36As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
• Revelation 17:6I 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.
• Psalms 141:7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
• Jeremiah 34:20I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
• 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…
• Jeremiah 15:3I 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.
• Revelation 18:24And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.
• Jeremiah 25:33Those 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.
• Revelation 16:6For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
• Matthew 23:35And 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.

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