Psalms 79:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them. ”

Psalms 79:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem - They have poured it out in such quantities that it seems to flow like water - not an uncommon occurrence in war. There was no event i...
Psalms 79:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and [there was] none to (c) bury [them]. (c) Their friends and relatives did not dare to bury them for fear of the enemies.
Psalms 79:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXIX. The Sanctuary Profaned. The Ps. is of the same date as Psalms 74. It does not suit the earlier destruction of the city and the Temple in 586 B.C. The words war, overthrow, and the like do no...
Psalms 79:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

shed . poured out. Compare same word in Psalms 79:6 .
Psalms 79:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them . There was none to bury them - The Chaldeans would not; and the Jews who were not slain were carried i...
Psalms 79:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Psalms 79:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

For the occasion and date of this Ps. see intro. to Psalms 74 . It gives a pathetic picture of the calamities that have fallen upon God's people ( Psalms 79:1-4 ), entreats God to withdraw His anger...
Psalms 79:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Their blood. — In 1Ma. 7:17, we read “The flesh of thy saints and their blood have they shed round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them,” introduced by “according to the word which he w...
Psalms 79:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 79:1-13 THE same national agony which was the theme of Psalms 74:1-23 , forced the sad strains of this psalm from the singer's heart. There, the profanation of the Temple and here, the des...
Psalms 79:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Help Us, O God of Our Salvation” Psalms 79:1-13 It was the period of the Chaldean invasion. This cry of horror went forth from the heart of the Chosen People, who had looked upon the sacred sh...
Psalms 79:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a cry of distress. The conditions described are those of overwhelming national calamity. The country and the city of God are overrun and spoiled by ruthless enemies. The people have been slai...
Psalms 79:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is not distinctly marked, by any parallel part of the history of the church, to what period this desolation refers. As the prophet Jeremiah who lived and ministered in the church about the time of...
Psalms 79:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem ,.... Without any concern of mind, or remorse of conscience; without any fear of God or man; as if it had been so much water only; and thi...
Psalms 79:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and [there was] none to bury [them]. Ver. 3. Their blood have they shed like water ] Contemptim vel abiecte. They made no more reckon...
Psalms 79:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The dead bodies of thy servants Either, 1st, Of thy faithful and holy servants, whom they used as cruelly as the worst of the people. Or, 2d, Of the Jews in general, whom, though most of them were...
Psalms 79:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mournful Complaints. A psalm of Asaph. 1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have th...
Psalms 79:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Like water; plentifully and contemptuously, valuing it no more than common water. None to bury them, because their friends, who should have done it, were either slain or fled, or were not permitt...
Psalms 79:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .— “A Psalm of Asaph . “See Introduction to Psalms 74 . Occasion .—This Psalm is closely related to the 74th, and both most probably refer to the devastation and desec...
Psalms 79:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Title. A psalm of Asaph, an elegy over the slain, as is supposed, when Shishak king of Egypt invaded Judea with a great army, besieging the cities and slaughtering the people. Sir Isaac Newton thin...
Psalms 79:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

O God, the heathen are come into Thine inheritance. The inhumanity of man and the mixture of good and evil I. Here is a fact revealing the inhumanity of man and the permissive government of God...
Psalms 79:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS is "a psalm of complaint, closely parallel to Psalms 74:1-19 ." (Cheyne), and must, like that psalm, be referred to the time of the Babylonian conquest. It shows us the Holy L...
Psalms 79:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prayer in the Midst of Oppression. A psalm of Asaph, similar in tone and content to Psalms 74, though any special event which might have occasioned the writing of this hymn is not known.
Psalms 79:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 14:16 ; Jeremiah 15:3 ; Jeremiah 16:4 ; Jeremiah 25:33 ; Jeremiah 34:20 ; Jeremiah 8:1 ; Jeremiah 8:2 ; Matthew 23:35 ; Psalms 141:7 ; Psalms 79:10 ; Revelation 11:9 ; Revelation...

Psalms 79:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 79:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 79:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 79:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 79:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 79:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 79:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 79:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 79:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 79:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 79:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 79:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 79:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 79:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 79:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 79:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 79:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 79:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 79:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 79:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 79:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 79:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 79:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge