Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 79:3

"Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; And there was none to bury them." — Psalms 79:3 (ASV)

Their blood. — In 1 Maccabees 7:17, we read, The flesh of thy saints and their blood have they shed round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them, introduced by “according to the word which he wrote.” This is evidently a free quotation from this psalm and seems to imply a reference to a contemporary.

None to bury. — For this aggravation of the evil, compare to Jeremiah 14:16; Jeremiah 22:18–19.