Psalms 79:1

¶ A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

A Psalm {H4210} of Asaph {H623}. O God {H430}, the heathen {H1471} are come {H935}{H8804)} into thine inheritance {H5159}; thy holy {H6944} temple {H1964} have they defiled {H2930}{H8765)}; they have laid {H7760}{H8804)} Jerusalem {H3389} on heaps {H5856}.

A psalm of Asaf: God, the pagans have entered your heritage. They have defiled your holy temple and turned Yerushalayim into rubble.

The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

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Cross-References

  • Micah 3:12 (4 votes)

    Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed [as] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:19 (4 votes)

    And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

  • Psalms 74:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

  • Psalms 74:4 (3 votes)

    Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns [for] signs.

  • Lamentations 1:10 (3 votes)

    The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen [that] the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command [that] they should not enter into thy congregation.

  • Jeremiah 26:18 (3 votes)

    Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed [like] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:6 (2 votes)

    Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.