Psalm 79:3

3 They poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury [them].

Psalm 79:3 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 79:3

Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem,
&c.] 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 this they shed in great abundance: from the Apocrypha:

``And when he had taken all away, he went into his own land, having made a great massacre, and spoken very proudly.'' (1 Maccabees 1:24)

``And spake peaceable words unto them, but all was deceit: for when they had given him credence, he fell suddenly upon the city, and smote it very sore, and destroyed much people of Israel.'' (1 Maccabees 1:30)

``Thus they shed innocent blood on every side of the sanctuary, and defiled it:'' (1 Maccabees 1:37)

``So they rose up against them in battle on the sabbath, and they slew them, with their wives and children and their cattle, to the number of a thousand people.'' (1 Maccabees 2:38)

in like manner the blood of the saints has been shed by the antichristian beast of Rome, for which he and his followers will be righteously retaliated, ( Revelation 17:6 ) ( 18:24 ) ( 16:6 )

and there was none to bury them:
either the number of the slain was so great, that there were not left enough to bury the dead, or they that did remain were not suffered to do it; this will be the case of the two witnesses, when slain, ( Revelation 11:7-9 ) .

Psalm 79:3 In-Context

1 God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance, desecrated Your holy temple, and turned Jerusalem into ruins.

2 They gave the corpses of Your servants to the birds of the sky for food, the flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.

3 They poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury [them].

4 We have become an object of reproach to our neighbors, a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.

5 How long, Lord? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire?

Footnotes

• [a] Jr 14:16; 22:19