Psalm 79

New King James Version

A Dirge and a Prayer for Israel, Destroyed by Enemies

A Psalm of Asaph.

79 O God, the ^[a]nations have come into ^(A)Your inheritance;
Your holy temple they have defiled;
^(B)They have laid Jerusalem ^[b]in heaps.
²^(C)The dead bodies of Your servants
They have given as food for the birds of the heavens,
The flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
³Their blood they have shed like water all around Jerusalem,
And there was no one to bury them.
⁴We have become a reproach to our ^(D)neighbors,
A scorn and derision to those who are around us.

⁵^(E)How long, Lord?
Will You be angry forever?
Will Your ^(F)jealousy burn like fire?
⁶^(G)Pour out Your wrath on the ^[c]nations that ^(H)do not know You,
And on the kingdoms that ^(I)do not call on Your name.
⁷For they have devoured Jacob,
And laid waste his dwelling place.

⁸^(J)Oh, do not remember ^[d]former iniquities against us!
Let Your tender mercies come speedily to meet us,
For we have been brought very low.
⁹Help us, O God of our salvation,
For the glory of Your name;
And deliver us, and provide atonement for our sins,
^(K)For Your name’s sake!
¹⁰^(L)Why should the ^[e]nations say,
“Where is their God?”
Let there be known among the nations in our sight
The avenging of the blood of Your servants which has been shed.

¹¹Let ^(M)the groaning of the prisoner come before You;
According to the greatness of Your ^[f]power
Preserve those who are appointed to die;
¹²And return to our neighbors ^(N)sevenfold into their bosom
^(O)Their reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.

¹³So ^(P)we, Your people and sheep of Your pasture,
Will give You thanks forever;
^(Q)We will show forth Your praise to all generations.

Footnotes

Psalm 79:1 Gentiles
Psalm 79:1 in ruins
Psalm 79:6 Gentiles
Psalm 79:8 Or against us the iniquities of those who were before us
Psalm 79:10 Gentiles
Psalm 79:11 Lit. arm

Micah 4:6-13

New King James Version

Zion’s Future Triumph

⁶“In that day,” says the Lord,
^(A)“I will assemble the lame,
^(B)I will gather the outcast
And those whom I have afflicted;
⁷I will make the lame ^(C)a remnant,
And the outcast a strong nation;
So the Lord ^(D)will reign over them in Mount Zion
From now on, even forever.
⁸And you, O tower of the flock,
The stronghold of the daughter of Zion,
To you shall it come,
Even the former dominion shall come,
The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.”

⁹Now why do you cry aloud?
^(E)Is there no king in your midst?
Has your counselor perished?
For ^(F)pangs have seized you like a woman in ^[a]labor.
¹⁰Be in pain, and labor to bring forth,
O daughter of Zion,
Like a woman in birth pangs.
For now you shall go forth from the city,
You shall dwell in the field,
And to ^(G)Babylon you shall go.
There you shall be delivered;
There the ^(H)Lord will ^(I)redeem you
From the hand of your enemies.

¹¹^(J)Now also many nations have gathered against you,
Who say, “Let her be defiled,
And let our eye ^(K)look upon Zion.”
¹²But they do not know ^(L)the thoughts of the Lord,
Nor do they understand His counsel;
For He will gather them ^(M)like sheaves to the threshing floor.

¹³“Arise^(N) and ^(O)thresh, O daughter of Zion;
For I will make your horn iron,
And I will make your hooves bronze;
You shall ^(P)beat in pieces many peoples;
^(Q)I will consecrate their gain to the Lord,
And their substance to ^(R)the Lord of the whole earth.”

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Footnotes

Micah 4:9 childbirth

Revelation 18:1-10

New King James Version

The Fall of Babylon the Great

18 After^(A) these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, ^(B)and the earth was illuminated with his glory. ²And he cried ^[a]mightily with a loud voice, saying, ^(C)“Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and ^(D)has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and ^(E)a cage for every unclean and hated bird! ³For all the nations ^(F)have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, ^(G)and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the ^[b]abundance of her luxury.”

⁴And I heard another voice from heaven saying, ^(H)“Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. ⁵^(I)For her sins ^[c]have reached to heaven, and ^(J)God has remembered her iniquities. ⁶^(K)Render to her just as she rendered ^[d]to you, and repay her double according to her works; ^(L)in the cup which she has mixed, ^(M)mix double for her. ⁷^(N)In the measure that she glorified herself and lived ^[e]luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as ^(O)queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’ ⁸Therefore her plagues will come ^(P)in one day—death and mourning and famine. And ^(Q)she will be utterly burned with fire, ^(R)for strong is the Lord God who ^[f]judges her.

The World Mourns Babylon’s Fall

⁹^(S)“The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her ^(T)will weep and lament for her, ^(U)when they see the smoke of her burning, ¹⁰standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, ^(V)‘Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! ^(W)For in one hour your judgment has come.’