Psalms 79:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For they have devoured{H8804)} Jacob, and laid waste{H8689)} his dwelling place.

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2 Chr 36:21 : 21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
Ps 80:13 : 13 The boar out of the wood doth waste{H8762)} it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour{H8799)} it.
Isa 9:12 : 12 The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Isa 24:1-9 : 1 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. 2 And it shall 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 lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. 3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word. 4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. 5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. 7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh. 8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. 9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. 10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in. 11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. 12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
Isa 64:10-11 : 10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. 11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Jer 50:7 : 7 All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
Jer 51:34-35 : 34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out. 35 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
Zech 1:15 : 15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Jer 10:25
86%
25Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
Lam 2:2-3
2 verses
78%
2The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
3He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
Ps 59:13
78%
13Consume{H8761)} them in wrath, consume{H8761)} them, that they may not be: and let them know{H8799)} that God ruleth{H8802)} in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
Ps 69:24-25
2 verses
77%
24Pour out{H8798)} thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold{H8686)} of them.
25Let their habitation be desolate{H8737)}; and let none dwell{H8802)} in their tents.
Ps 74:7-8
2 verses
77%
7They have cast{H8765)} fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled{H8765)} by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
8They said{H8804)} in their hearts, Let us destroy{H8799)} them together: they have burned up{H8804)} all the synagogues of God in the land.
Jer 25:37-38
2 verses
76%
37And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
38He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
Nah 2:2
76%
2For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
Ps 79:1
76%
1A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come{H8804)} into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled{H8765)}; they have laid{H8804)} Jerusalem on heaps.
Ps 79:6
75%
6Pour out{H8798)} thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known{H8804)} thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called{H8804)} upon thy name.
Jer 2:15
75%
15The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
Obad 1:18
75%
18And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.
Jer 30:16
75%
16Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.
Jer 50:7
74%
7All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
Isa 42:24
74%
24Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.
Ps 94:5-6
2 verses
74%
5They break in pieces{H8762)} thy people, O LORD, and afflict{H8762)} thine heritage.
6They slay{H8799)} the widow and the stranger, and murder{H8762)} the fatherless.
Mic 2:2
74%
2And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Jer 5:17
74%
17And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
Ps 73:19
74%
19How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly{H8804)} consumed{H8804)} with terrors.
Lam 2:5
74%
5The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
Hos 7:13
74%
13Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
Isa 1:7
74%
7Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
Lam 3:66
73%
66Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
Ps 83:4
73%
4They have said{H8804)}, Come{H8798)}, and let us cut them off{H8686)} from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance{H8735)}.
Ezek 19:7
73%
7And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.
Zeph 1:13
73%
13Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
Jer 10:17
73%
17Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
Mic 7:13
73%
13Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
Ps 83:12
73%
12Who said{H8804)}, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession{H8799)}.
Gen 49:7
73%
7Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Isa 49:19
73%
19For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
Ps 80:13
73%
13The boar out of the wood doth waste{H8762)} it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour{H8799)} it.
Lam 4:11
73%
11The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.
Ps 105:35
73%
35And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
Hab 2:8
73%
8Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
Ezek 7:24
72%
24Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.
Jer 5:11
72%
11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.
Jer 4:7
72%
7The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
Hos 4:8
72%
8They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
Ps 21:9
72%
9Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
Jer 9:19
72%
19For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
Isa 1:28
72%
28And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
Hos 8:14
72%
14For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
Amos 6:8
72%
8The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
Isa 64:11
72%
11Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Jer 12:11
72%
11They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.