[[Ps-79]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Ps-78]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Ps-80]] --- ### They have laid Jerusalem in heaps. *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: The total destruction of the city of Jerusalem and its reduction to rubble. *Historical context*: This reflects the historical fulfillment of [[Micah-03#v12|Micah 3:12]] and [[Jer-09#v11|Jeremiah 9:11]], which predicted that Jerusalem would become a 'heap of ruins.' This was realized during the Babylonian siege in 587 BC and again by the Romans in 70 AD. *Related to*: [[Micah-03#v12|Micah 3:12]], [[Jer-09#v11|Jeremiah 9:11]] ### They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth. *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: The exposure and desecration of the bodies of the faithful, who were left without burial. *Historical context*: [[1 M-07#v16|1 Maccabees 7:16]]-17 explicitly identifies these verses as being fulfilled during the slaughter of the sixty Hasideans (godly ones) by the High Priest Alcimus and the Syrian general Bacchides. It also fulfills the judgment warnings found in [[Jer-07#v33|Jeremiah 7:33]] and [[Deut-28#v26|Deuteronomy 28:26]]. *Related to*: [[Jer-07#v33|Jeremiah 7:33]], [[Deut-28#v26|Deuteronomy 28:26]] ### We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are around us. *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: The national humiliation and mockery of Israel by surrounding nations. *Historical context*: This status of being a 'reproach' and 'byword' was a specific consequence foretold in the Mosaic Covenant for national disobedience. It was historically realized during the exile when nations like the Edomites and Philistines mocked the fall of Judah. *Related to*: [[Deut-28#v37|Deuteronomy 28:37]], [[Jer-24#v9|Jeremiah 24:9]] ### Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A prophetic petition for the preservation and release of those held captive by foreign powers. *Historical context*: While framed as a prayer, theologians often view this as a prophetic cry regarding the remnant in Babylon. This was historically realized in the Decree of Cyrus (538 BC), which permitted the return of the Jewish exiles to Jerusalem. *Related to*: --- #ai_prophecy