Psalm 79:2

The Passion Translation

The corpses of your loving people are lying in the open— food for the beasts and the birds.

Cross References

Jeremiah 15:3

For Yahweh says, “I will send them four destroyers—the sword to slay, the dogs to drag away, the wild animals to devour, and the birds of prey to consume them.

Jeremiah 16:4

They will die of deadly diseases. No one will mourn for them or bury them; their bodies will lie like dung on the ground. They will be consumed by the sword and by food shortages, and the birds and beasts will feast on their corpses.”

Jeremiah 19:7

“ ‘And I will also frustrate the plans of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. I will cause their bloodthirsty enemies to triumph over them, and I will give their dead bodies as food to the beasts of the field and birds of the sky.

Jeremiah 34:20

I will hand them over to their enemies, to those determined to kill them. And their dead bodies will be food for the birds and beasts.

Jeremiah 7:33

Their corpses will be food for the birds and wild animals with no one to frighten them away.