Psalm 79:2
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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.They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
In other translations
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.They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
Hebrew words
נָתְנוּnatenuthey have givenH5414אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853נִבְלַתnivlat[the] corpse[s] ofH5038עֲבָדֶיךָ'avadeikhaservants yourH5650מַאֲכָלma'akholfoodH3978לְעוֹףle'ofto [the] bird[s] ofH5775הַשָּׁמָיִםhashamayimthe heavensH8064בְּשַׂרbesar[the] fleshH1320חֲסִידֶיךָchasideikhafaithful [people] yourH2623לְחַיְתוֹ־lechaytov-to [the] animal[s] ofH2416אָרֶץ׃'aretz[the] earthH776
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 7:33And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.
- Jeremiah 34:20I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.I 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 16:4They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.“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 and beasts of the earth.”
- Jeremiah 19:7And 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.And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 28:26And 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.Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.
- Jeremiah 15:3And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the Lord: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.I 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.
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