for they have devoured Jacob, and destroyed his homeland.
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for they have devoured Jacob, and destroyed his homeland.
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For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
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For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation.
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- Jeremiah 51:34-35 “Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me. He has crushed me. He has made me an empty vessel. He has, like a monster, swallowed me up. He has filled his mouth with my delicacies. He has cast me out. May the violence done to me and to my flesh be on Babylon!” the inhabitant of Zion will say; and, “May my blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea!” will Jerusalem say.
- Zechariah 1:15 I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, but they added to the calamity.”
- Isaiah 24:1-12 Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants. It will be as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest. The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word. The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish. The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left. The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh. The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases. They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it. The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in. There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone. The city is left in desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.
- Isaiah 64:10-11 Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. Our holy and our beautiful house where our fathers praised you is burned with fire. All our pleasant places are laid waste.
- Jeremiah 50:7 All who found them have devoured them. Their adversaries said, ‘We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Yahweh, the habitation of righteousness, even Yahweh, the hope of their fathers.’
- 2 Chronicles 36:21 to fulfill Yahweh’s word by Jeremiah’s mouth, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths. As long as it lay desolate, it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.
- Psalms 80:13 The boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it.
- Isaiah 9:12 The Syrians in front, and the Philistines behind; and they will devour Israel with open mouth. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 79:7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid…
Psa 79:7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
Ver. 7. For they have devoured Jacob] As wolves and other ravenous creatures do the simple sheep.
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His dwellingplace] Or, his cottage, his sheepcote.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Jacob; the posterity of Jacob, whom thou didst love,…
Jacob; the posterity of Jacob, whom thou didst love, and with whom and his seed thou madest a sure and everlasting covenant; whereby thou didst engage thyself to be an enemy to their enemies, Exo 23:22. Besides, thou hatest cruelty, especially when the wicked devour those who are more righteous than themselves, Hab 1:13.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For they have devoured Jacob,.... The posterity of Jacob,…
For they have devoured Jacob,.... The posterity of Jacob, the people of the Jews, typical of the church of God, made havoc of by the Romish antichrist: and laid waste his dwelling place; both Jerusalem and the temple, which was done both by the Chaldeans and the Romans, and also in the times of Antiochus; see the Apocrypha:
"38 Insomuch that the inhabitants of Jerusalem fled because of them: whereupon the city was made an habitation of strangers, and became strange to those that were born in her; and her own children left her. 39 Her sanctuary was laid waste like a wilderness, her feasts were turned into mourning, her sabbaths into reproach her honour into contempt.'' (1 Maccabees 1)
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"4 In his acts he was like a lion, and like a lion's whelp roaring for his prey. 5 For He pursued the wicked, and sought them out, and burnt up those that vexed his people.'' (1 Maccabees 3)
which were types of the Gospel church made desolate by the Papists: the word (d) used signifies a sheepcote, the dwelling place of those sheep that are troubled by the beast of Rome.
(d) "caulam ejus", Michaelis.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 7. Laid waste his dwelling-place.] The Chaldee understands…
Verse 7. Laid waste his dwelling-place.] The Chaldee understands this of the temple. This, by way of eminence, was Jacob's place. I have already remarked that these two verses are almost similar to Jer 10:25, which has led many to believe that Jeremiah was the author of this Psalm.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain For they have devoured Jacob - literally, “They have…
For they have devoured Jacob - literally, “They have eaten.” That is, they have eaten up what the land produced.
And laid waste his dwelling-place - His home; his habitation; the residence of Jacob, or of the people of Israel.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. his dwelling place] R.V. his habitation, marg. pasture:…
7. his dwelling place] R.V. his habitation, marg. pasture: a different word however from pasture in Psa_79:13.
Psa_79:6-7 recur in Jer_10:25. At first sight it would appear that the prophecy must be earlier than the Fall of Jerusalem, and that the Psalmist must be quoting from the prophet. But ch. 10 in its present form can hardly be from the pen of Jeremiah himself: Jer_10:1-10 at any rate can hardly be his: and Jer_10:23-25 appear to be a composite passage. The insertion of ‘yea, they have devoured him and consumed him’ after ‘Jacob,’ looks like the transformation of poetry into prose, and it is possible that the Psalm is the original.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (7) Dwelling place.—Literally, pasture, as in Jer_23:3; Jer_49:20; Jer_1:19.…
(7) Dwelling place.—Literally, pasture, as in Jer_23:3; Jer_49:20; Jer_1:19. The figure is a favourite one in the Asaphic group of psalms.
Former iniquities.—Better, iniquities of former ones, i.e., of ancestors. (Comp. Lev_26:45, “covenant of their ancestors,” and for the thought Exo_20:5; Lev_26:39.)
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Prevent.—Better, come to meet. Dan_9:16 seems to combine the language of this verse and Psa_79:4.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his…
For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place. This and the preceding verso occur also, almost word for word, in Jer_10:25. It is difficult to say which writer has quoted from the other.
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 7. "For they have devoured Jacob." The oppressor…
Ver. 7. "For they have devoured Jacob." The oppressor would quite eat up the saints if he could. If these lions do not swallow us, it is because the Lord has sent his angel and shut the lions' mouths.
"And laid waste his dwelling place, "or his pasture. The invader left no food for man or beast, but devoured all as the locust. The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
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Whole Psalm. See Psalms on "Ps 79:1" for further information.
Ver. 7. "They have devoured Jacob." Like wolves who cruelly tear and devour a flock of sheep. For the word which follows signifies not only a habitation in general, but also a sheepcote. Mollerus.
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