Psalm 79:1

Good News Translation

O God, the heathen have invaded your land. They have desecrated your holy Temple and left Jerusalem in ruins.

Cross References

2 Kings 24:13

and carried off to Babylon all the treasures in the Temple and the palace. As the Lord had foretold, Nebuchadnezzar broke up all the gold utensils which King Solomon had made for use in the Temple.

2 Chronicles 36:17

So the Lord brought the king of Babylonia to attack them. The king killed the young men of Judah even in the Temple. He had no mercy on anyone, young or old, man or woman, sick or healthy. God handed them all over to him.

2 Chronicles 36:19

He burned down the Temple and the city, with all its palaces and its wealth, and broke down the city wall.

Psalm 50:1

The Almighty God, the Lord, speaks; he calls to the whole earth from east to west.

Psalm 78:71

where he looked after his flocks, and he made him king of Israel, the shepherd of the people of God.

Exodus 15:17

You bring them in and plant them on your mountain, the place that you, Lord, have chosen for your home, the Temple that you yourself have built.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people; I treated them as no longer mine: I put them in your power, and you showed them no mercy; even the aged you treated harshly.

Isaiah 63:18

We, your holy people, were driven out by our enemies for a little while; they trampled down your sanctuary.

Jeremiah 26:18

“When Hezekiah was king of Judah, the prophet Micah of Moresheth told all the people that the Lord Almighty had said, ‘Zion will be plowed like a field; Jerusalem will become a pile of ruins, and the Temple hill will become a forest.’

Jeremiah 39:8

Meanwhile, the Babylonians burned down the royal palace and the houses of the people and tore down the walls of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 51:51

You say, ‘We've been disgraced and made ashamed; we feel completely helpless because foreigners have taken over the holy places in the Temple.’

Jeremiah 52:13

He burned down the Temple, the palace, and the houses of all the important people in Jerusalem;

Lamentations 1:10

The enemies robbed her of all her treasures. She saw them enter the Temple itself, Where the Lord had forbidden Gentiles to go.

Ezekiel 9:7

God said to them, “Defile the Temple. Fill its courtyards with corpses. Get to work!” So they began to kill the people in the city.

Micah 3:12

And so, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a pile of ruins, and the Temple hill will become a forest.

Luke 21:24

Some will be killed by the sword, and others will be taken as prisoners to all countries; and the heathen will trample over Jerusalem until their time is up.

Revelation 11:2

But do not measure the outer courts, because they have been given to the heathen, who will trample on the Holy City for forty-two months.