World English Bible
Psalms 79:3
“Their blood they have shed like water around Jerusalem. There was no one to bury them.”
Verse in context — Psalms 79
1
God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
2
They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth.
3
Their blood they have shed like water around Jerusalem. There was no one to bury them.
4
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are around us.
5
How long, Yahweh? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
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