Psalms 79:6 · KJV
“Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.”
— Psalms 79:6
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
Psalms 79 — Context
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
5How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
6Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
7For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
8O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. {former...: or, the iniquities of them that were before us}
Cross References
Jeremiah 10:25
Pour 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.
2 Thessalonians 1:8
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: {taking: or, yielding}
Psalms 14:4
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people {as} they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
Psalms 69:24
Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
Psalms 53:4
Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people {as} they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
Isaiah 45:4-5
For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
Romans 1:28
And even as they did not like to retain God in {their} knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; {to retain: or, to acknowledge} {a reprobate...: or, a mind void of judgment or, an unapproving mind}
Acts 17:23
For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. {devotions: or, gods that ye worship}