Psalm 78:64 {77:64}
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Their priests fell by the sword: and their widows did not mourn.

priests

1 Samuel 2:33,34 However, I will not altogether take away a man of thee from my altar: but that thy eyes may faint, and thy soul be spent: and a great part of thy house shall die, when they come to man's estate. . . .

1 Samuel 4:11,17 And the ark of God was taken: and the two sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, were slain. . . .

1 Samuel 22:18,19 And the king said to Doeg: Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg, the Edomite, turned, and fell upon the priests, and slew in that day eighty-five men that wore the linen ephod. . . .

widows

1 Samuel 4:19,20 And his daughter in law, the wife of Phinees, was big with child, and near her time: and hearing the news that the ark of God was taken, and her father in law, and her husband, were dead, she bowed herself and fell in labour: for her pains came upon her on a sudden. . . .

Job 27:15 They that shall remain of him, shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep.

Ezekiel 24:23 You shall have crowns on your heads, and shoes on your feet: you shall not lament nor weep, but you shall pine away for your iniquities, and every one shall sigh with his brother.

Context
I Will Open My Mouth in Parables
63Fire consumed their young men: and their maidens were not lamented. 64Their priests fell by the sword: and their widows did not mourn.65And the Lord was awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that hath been surfeited with wine.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 4:17
And he that brought the news answered, and said: Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter of the people: moreover thy two sons, Ophni and Phinees, are dead: and the ark of God is taken.

1 Samuel 22:18
And the king said to Doeg: Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg, the Edomite, turned, and fell upon the priests, and slew in that day eighty-five men that wore the linen ephod.

Job 27:15
They that shall remain of him, shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep.

Lamentations 2:20
Res. Behold, O Lord, and consider whom thou hast thus dealt with: shall women then eat their own fruit, their children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

Ezekiel 24:23
You shall have crowns on your heads, and shoes on your feet: you shall not lament nor weep, but you shall pine away for your iniquities, and every one shall sigh with his brother.

Lexicon
His priests
כֹּ֭הֲנָיו (kō·hă·nāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest

fell
נָפָ֑לוּ (nā·p̄ā·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5307: To fall, lie

by the sword,
בַּחֶ֣רֶב (ba·ḥe·reḇ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

but His widows
וְ֝אַלְמְנֹתָ֗יו (wə·’al·mə·nō·ṯāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 490: A widow, a desolate place

could not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

lament.
תִבְכֶּֽינָה׃ (ṯiḇ·ke·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1058: To weep, to bemoan


Additional Translations
His priests fell by the sword, but His widows could not lament.Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.

Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows shall not be wept for.

Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.

Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn't weep.

His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.
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