Psalms 78:21
Therefore LORD heard, and was angry. And a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also went up against Israel,
A Conservative Version
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In Context
22because they did not believe in God, and did not trust in his salvation.
Cross References
Numbers 11:1And the people were as murmurers, [speaking] evil in the ears of LORD. And when LORD heard it, his anger was kindled, and the fire of LORD burnt among them, and devoured in the outermost part of the camp.
Numbers 11:10And Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent. And the anger of LORD was kindled greatly, and Moses was displeased.
Psalms 78:31when the anger of God went up against them, and killed of the fattest of them, and smote down the young men of Israel.
1 Corinthians 10:5However with most of them God was not well pleased, for they were strewn in the wilderness.
Hebrews 12:29For our God is also a consuming fire.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:10-40
Wonders Wrought in Behalf of Israel; The Crimes of the Israelites; 9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; 11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had showed them. 12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as a heap. 14 In the daytime… Read the whole commentary →