Psalms

Psalm 79:2–3

²They 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.

³They have poured out their blood like water

all around Jerusalem,

and there is no one to bury the dead.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They have given	נָֽתְנ֡וּ	nā·ṯə·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5414 give, put, set
the corpses	נִבְלַ֬ת	niḇ·laṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H5038 carcass, corpse
of Your servants	עֲבָדֶ֗יךָ	‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H5650 slave, servant
as food	מַ֭אֲכָל	ma·’ă·ḵāl	Noun - masculine singular	H3978 food
to the birds	לְע֣וֹף	lə·‘ō·wp̄	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H5775 flying creatures, fowl, insects
of the air	הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם	haš·šā·mā·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
the flesh	בְּשַׂ֥ר	bə·śar	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1320 flesh
of Your saints	חֲ֝סִידֶ֗יךָ	ḥă·sî·ḏe·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H2623 kind, pious
to the beasts	לְחַיְתוֹ־	lə·ḥay·ṯōw-	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H2416 alive, living
of the earth	אָֽרֶץ׃	’ā·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They have poured out	שָׁפְכ֬וּ	šā·p̄ə·ḵū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H8210 pour out, pour
their blood	דָמָ֨ם׀	ḏā·mām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H1818 blood
like water	כַּמַּ֗יִם	kam·ma·yim	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine
all around	סְֽבִ֘יב֤וֹת	sə·ḇî·ḇō·wṯ	Adverb	H5439 circuit, round about
Jerusalem	יְֽרוּשָׁלִָ֗ם	yə·rū·šā·lim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
and	וְאֵ֣ין	wə·’ên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
to bury	קוֹבֵֽר׃	qō·w·ḇêr	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H6912 bury

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 79:2 Jeremiah 7:33 · Jeremiah 34:20 · Jeremiah 16:4 · Deuteronomy 28:26 · Jeremiah 19:7

Psalm 79:3 Jeremiah 14:16 · Jeremiah 16:4 · Revelation 11:9

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.