Psa 79:1-4, Isa 64:10-11, Jer 19:8, 24:9-10, 42:18, Lam 1:4, 8 | ESV | STEP | A Psalm of Asaph . O God , the nations have come into your inheritance ; they have defiled your holy temple ; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins .

Psalms 79:1-4

How Long, O Lord?

A Psalm of ^aAsaph.

1 O God, ^bthe nations have come into your ^cinheritance;
they have defiled your ^dholy temple;
they have ^elaid Jerusalem in ruins.
2 They have given ^fthe bodies of your servants
to the birds of the heavens for food,
the flesh of your ^gfaithful to ^hthe beasts of the earth.
3 They have poured out their blood like water
all around Jerusalem,
and there was ⁱno one to bury them.
4 We have become ^ja taunt to our neighbors,
^kmocked and derided by those around us.

Isaiah 64:10-11

10 ^lYour holy cities have become a wilderness;
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
11 ^mOur holy and beautiful ^{▼▼Or holy and glorious} house,
where our fathers praised you,
has been burned by fire,
and all our pleasant places have become ruins.

Jeremiah 19:8

8 And I will make this city ^oa horror, ^pa thing to be hissed at. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its wounds.

Jeremiah 24:9-10

9 I will make them ^qa horror ^{▼▼Compare Septuagint; Hebrew horror for evil} to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be ^sa reproach, ^ta byword, ^ua taunt, and ^va curse in all the places where I shall drive them. 10 And I will send ^wsword, famine, and pestilence upon them, until they shall be utterly destroyed from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.”

Jeremiah 42:18

18 “For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^xAs my anger and my wrath were poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my wrath will be poured out on you when you go to Egypt. ^yYou shall become an execration, a horror, a curse, and a taunt. You shall see this place no more.

Lamentations 1:4

4 The roads to Zion mourn,
for none come to ^zthe festival;
^aaall her gates are desolate;
her priests ^abgroan;
her virgins have been afflicted, ^{▼▼Septuagint, Old Latin dragged away}
and she herself suffers bitterly.

Lamentations 1:8

8 ^adJerusalem sinned grievously;
therefore she became filthy;
all who honored her despise her,
^aefor they have seen her nakedness;
she herself ^afgroans
and turns her face away.