79:2 They have given the corpses of your servants
to the birds of the sky; 1
the flesh of your loyal followers
to the beasts of the earth.
79:4 We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors;
those who live on our borders taunt and insult us. 2
1 tn Heb “[as] food for the birds of the sky.”
2 tn Heb “an [object of] taunting and [of] mockery to those around us.” See Ps 44:13.