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Psalms 79:2

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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.

Psalms 79:2 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 79:2

Theological / Devotional

Dead bodies. This verse describes the horrible slaughter when Jerusalem was taken by the Chaldeans. The dead were left unburied, food for wild animals and vultures (see 2 Chron. 36:17; cf. Deut. 28:26; Jer. 7:33 ; 8:2; 9:22; etc.).

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