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href="/bsb/psalms/79.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/psalms/79.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/79.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />For they have devoured your people Israel, making the land a desolate wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/79.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his habitation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/79.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/79.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/79.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his dwelling place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/79.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For they have devoured Jacob And laid waste his settlement.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/79.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For they have devoured Jacob And laid waste his habitation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/79.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his habitation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/79.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For they have devoured Jacob And laid waste his abode.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/79.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For they have devoured Jacob And made his pasture desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/79.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/79.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/79.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his habitation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/79.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />They have gobbled up Jacob's descendants and left the land in ruins. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/79.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/79.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They have devoured Jacob. They have destroyed his home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/79.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />For they have killed your people; they have ruined your country. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/79.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For they consumed Jacob, making his dwelling place desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/79.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/79.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his home. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/79.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For they have devoured Jacob, and destroyed his homeland.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/79.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling-place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/79.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />for they have devoured Jacob, and destroyed his homeland. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/79.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For [one] has devoured Jacob, "" And they have made his habitation desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/79.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For one hath devoured Jacob, And his habitation they have made desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/79.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For devouring Jacob and they laid Waste his dwelling.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/79.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Because they have devoured Jacob; and have laid waste his place. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/79.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 78:7>For they have devoured Jacob, and they have desolated his place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/79.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For they have devoured Jacob, laid waste his dwelling place. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/79.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his habitation.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/79.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/79.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because they have consumed Jacob and they have made his dwelling desolate.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/79.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his habitation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/79.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For they have devoured Jacob, and laid his place waste.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/79-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=10002" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/79.htm">A Prayer for Deliverance</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name, <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: ’ā·ḵal (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">they have devoured</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3290.htm" title="3290: ya·‘ă·qōḇ (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Isaac, also his desc. From aqab; heel-catcher; Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.">Jacob</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8074.htm" title="8074: hê·šam·mū (V-Hifil-Perf-3cp) -- To be desolated or appalled. A primitive root; to stun, i.e. Devastate or stupefy.">and devastated</a> <a href="/hebrew/5116.htm" title="5116: nā·wê·hū (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Or navah; from navah; at home; hence lovely; also a home, of God, men, flocks, or wild animals.">his homeland.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-25.htm">Jeremiah 10:25</a></span><br />Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/64-10.htm">Isaiah 64:10-11</a></span><br />Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation. / Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-10.htm">Lamentations 1:10</a></span><br />The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary—those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-7.htm">Lamentations 2:7</a></span><br />The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/25-6.htm">Ezekiel 25:6-7</a></span><br />For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you clapped your hands and stomped your feet and rejoiced over the land of Israel with a heart full of contempt, / therefore I will indeed stretch out My hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the LORD.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-3.htm">Ezekiel 36:3</a></span><br />therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/21-14.htm">2 Kings 21:14</a></span><br />So I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. And they will become plunder and spoil to all their enemies,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-19.htm">2 Chronicles 36:19</a></span><br />Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/1-3.htm">Nehemiah 1:3</a></span><br />And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/9-16.htm">Daniel 9:16</a></span><br />O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/3-2.htm">Joel 3:2</a></span><br />I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/1-11.htm">Amos 1:11-12</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly. / So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/obadiah/1-10.htm">Obadiah 1:10-11</a></span><br />Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever. / On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/3-12.htm">Micah 3:12</a></span><br />Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/1-12.htm">Zechariah 1:12</a></span><br />Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.</p><p class="hdg">for they</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/80-13.htm">Psalm 80:13</a></b></br> The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/9-12.htm">Isaiah 9:12</a></b></br> The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand <i>is</i> stretched out still.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/50-7.htm">Jeremiah 50:7</a></b></br> All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.</p><p class="hdg">laid</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/36-21.htm">2 Chronicles 36:21</a></b></br> To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: <i>for</i> as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/24-1.htm">Isaiah 24:1-12</a></b></br> Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/64-10.htm">Isaiah 64:10,11</a></b></br> Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/78-40.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/psalms/78-47.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/psalms/78-63.htm">Devoured</a> <a href="/psalms/78-60.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/psalms/76-2.htm">Dwelling-Place</a> <a href="/psalms/76-2.htm">Habitation</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-23.htm">Homeland</a> <a href="/psalms/69-9.htm">House</a> <a href="/psalms/78-71.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/psalms/79-1.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/psalms/79-2.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/psalms/78-52.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/102-6.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/psalms/83-10.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/psalms/105-35.htm">Devoured</a> <a href="/psalms/84-1.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/psalms/90-1.htm">Dwelling-Place</a> <a href="/psalms/89-14.htm">Habitation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-25.htm">Homeland</a> <a href="/psalms/84-2.htm">House</a> <a href="/psalms/81-1.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/psalms/88-6.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/psalms/104-21.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/psalms/80-13.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 79</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/79-1.htm">The psalmist complains of the desolation of Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/79-8.htm">He prays for deliverance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/79-13.htm">and promises thankfulness</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/79.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/79.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>for they have devoured Jacob</b><br>This phrase refers to the enemies of Israel who have attacked and consumed the nation, symbolically represented by "Jacob," the patriarch whose name is often used to denote the entire nation of Israel. Historically, this could refer to the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem in 586 BC, when the city was destroyed, and many Israelites were taken into exile. The term "devoured" suggests a complete and ruthless destruction, akin to a predator consuming its prey. This imagery is consistent with other biblical passages where Israel's enemies are described as ravenous beasts (<a href="/jeremiah/10-25.htm">Jeremiah 10:25</a>). Theologically, this reflects the consequences of Israel's disobedience to God, as warned by the prophets (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-49.htm">Deuteronomy 28:49-52</a>).<p><b>and devastated his homeland</b><br>The "homeland" refers to the land of Israel, specifically Jerusalem and the surrounding regions, which were left in ruins following the invasions. This devastation is not only physical but also spiritual, as the land was central to the Israelites' identity and covenant relationship with God. The destruction of the temple, the center of worship, would have been particularly devastating. This phrase echoes the lamentations found in other parts of the Old Testament, such as <a href="/lamentations/1.htm">Lamentations 1:1-4</a>, where the desolation of Jerusalem is mourned. Theologically, this devastation serves as a reminder of the consequences of turning away from God, yet it also points to the hope of restoration and redemption, as seen in prophecies like <a href="/isaiah/40.htm">Isaiah 40:1-2</a>, which promise comfort and renewal for the people of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a></b><br>Represents the nation of Israel, as Jacob was the patriarch whose descendants became the twelve tribes of Israel. The use of "Jacob" here symbolizes the collective people of Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/d/devastation_of_the_homeland.htm">Devastation of the Homeland</a></b><br>Refers to the destruction and desolation of Israel, likely during the Babylonian invasion, which led to the exile of the Jewish people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/enemies_of_israel.htm">Enemies of Israel</a></b><br>The nations or groups that have attacked and laid waste to Israel, historically including the Babylonians, Assyrians, and others who opposed God's people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_judgment.htm">Understanding God's Judgment</a></b><br>Recognize that God sometimes allows devastation as a form of judgment and correction for His people. This calls for introspection and repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_national_repentance.htm">The Importance of National Repentance</a></b><br>Just as Israel faced consequences for turning away from God, nations today must seek righteousness and humility before God to avoid similar devastation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trust in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Even in times of national crisis and devastation, believers are called to trust in God's ultimate plan and sovereignty, knowing He can restore and redeem.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/intercession_for_the_nation.htm">Intercession for the Nation</a></b><br>Believers are encouraged to pray for their nation, asking God for mercy, guidance, and a return to godly principles.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a></b><br>Despite the devastation, there is always hope for restoration and renewal through God's promises and faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_79.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 79</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_christ's_commission_fellowship.htm">What does 'worm of Jacob' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_psalm_77_7-9_conflict_with_god's_constancy.htm">Does Psalm 77:7-9, which questions God's faithfulness, conflict with other passages that portray God as ever-present and unchanging?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_psalm_7_8_contradict_romans_3_10.htm">If Psalm 7:8 claims personal righteousness, does this contradict the broader biblical teaching of universal sinfulness (e.g., Romans 3:10)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_psalm_124_6_with_invasions.htm">Psalm 124:6 claims God protected Israel from being devoured, yet the Bible elsewhere describes God allowing invasions and captivities. How do we reconcile this contrast?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/79.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">Dwelling place.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">pasture, </span>as in <a href="/jeremiah/23-3.htm" title="And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.">Jeremiah 23:3</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/49-20.htm" title="Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he has taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.">Jeremiah 49:20</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/1-19.htm" title="And they shall fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you, said the LORD, to deliver you.">Jeremiah 1:19</a>. The figure is a favourite one in the Asaphic group of psalms.<p><span class= "bld">Former iniquities.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">iniquities of former ones, i.e., of ancestors. </span>(Comp. <a href="/leviticus/26-45.htm" title="But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.">Leviticus 26:45</a>, "covenant of their ancestors," and for the thought <a href="/exodus/20-5.htm" title="You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;">Exodus 20:5</a>; <a href="/leviticus/26-39.htm" title="And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.">Leviticus 26:39</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/79.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.</span> This and the preceding verso occur also, almost word for word, in <a href="/jeremiah/10-25.htm">Jeremiah 10:25</a>. It is difficult to say which writer has quoted from the other. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/79-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֭י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they have devoured</span><br /><span class="heb">אָכַ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḵal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jacob</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעֲקֹ֑ב</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·qōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3290.htm">Strong's 3290: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and laid waste</span><br /><span class="heb">הֵשַֽׁמּוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(hê·šam·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8074.htm">Strong's 8074: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stun, devastate, stupefy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to his homeland.</span><br /><span class="heb">נָוֵ֥הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(nā·wê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5116.htm">Strong's 5116: </a> </span><span class="str2">Abode of shepherd or flocks, habitation</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/79-7.htm">Psalm 79:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/79-7.htm">Psalm 79:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/79-7.htm">Psalm 79:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/79-7.htm">Psalm 79:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/79-7.htm">Psalm 79:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/79-7.htm">Psalm 79:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/79-7.htm">Psalm 79:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/79-7.htm">Psalm 79:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/79-7.htm">Psalm 79:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/79-7.htm">Psalm 79:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/79-7.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 79:7 For they have devoured Jacob and destroyed (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/79-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 79:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 79:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/79-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 79:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 79:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>