Psalms 69:25 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Let their homes become empty and abandoned; let no one live in their houses.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

The writer is asking God to make his enemies' homes completely deserted as judgment for their actions.

📚 Historical Context

This psalm is attributed to David and describes intense persecution and suffering. The psalmist calls for divine judgment on those who have oppressed him and added to his pain when he was already suffering. This particular verse became significant in the New Testament when Peter quoted it in Acts 1:20 regarding Judas Iscariot's betrayal of Jesus.

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Job 15:28

And he lives in abandoned cities and in empty houses where no one lives, which are about to crumble into piles of rubble.

Isaiah 5:9

The LORD of hosts spoke clearly to me: 'Truly, many houses will become empty and abandoned—even the large, beautiful ones will have no one living in them.'

Jeremiah 26:9

Why have you prophesied in the LORD's name, saying, 'This temple will become like Shiloh, and this city will be left empty with no one living in it'? And all the people gathered together against Jeremiah in the LORD's temple.

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