Psalms 79:2 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 79:2

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens, The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven,.... For such there were, both at the time of the Babylonish captivity, and in the times of Antiochus, who were good men, and served the Lord, and yet suffered in the common calamity.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
נָֽתְנ֡וּ	na.te.Nu	they have given	H5414 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
נִבְלַ֬ת	niv.Lat	[the] corpse[s] of	H5038 →
עֲבָדֶ֗יךָ	'a.va.Dei.kha	servants your	H5650 →
מַ֭אֲכָל	Ma.'a.khol	food	H3978 →
לְע֣וֹף	le.'of	to [the] bird[s] of	H5775 →
הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם	ha.sha.Ma.yim	the heavens	H8064 →
בְּשַׂ֥ר	be.Sar	[the] flesh	H1320 →
חֲ֝סִידֶ֗יךָ	cha.si.Dei.kha	faithful [people] your	H2623 →
לְחַיְתוֹ־	le.chay.tov-	to [the] animal[s] of	H2416 →
אָֽרֶץ׃	'A.retz	[the] earth	H776 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 28:26
Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.
leads to
- Jeremiah 16:4
  “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…
  Reached by 4 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 34:20
  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.
Through
Jeremiah 34:20
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.
leads to
- Jeremiah 7:33
  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.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 19:7
  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…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Jeremiah 16:4
“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…
leads to
- Jeremiah 25:33
  Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying…
- Psalms 83:10
  who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
- Jeremiah 9:22
  Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”
Through
Jeremiah 19:7
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…
leads to
- Leviticus 26:17
  And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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