Psalms 78:49

He sent on them the heat of his wrath, his bitter disgust, letting loose evil angels among them.

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In The King James Version

He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

In Context

48Ice was rained down on their cattle; thunderstorms sent destruction among the flocks.

50He let his wrath have its way; he did not keep back their soul from death, but gave their life to disease.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:7When you are lifted up in power, all those who come against you are crushed: when you send out your wrath, they are burned up like dry grass.

1 Kings 22:21Then a spirit came forward and took his place before the Lord and said, I will get him to do it by a trick.

Job 2:6And the Lord said to the Satan, See, he is in your hands, only do not take his life.

Psalms 11:6On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.

Lamentations 4:11The Lord has given full effect to his passion, he has let loose his burning wrath; he has made a fire in Zion, causing the destruction of its bases.

Romans 2:8But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath,

Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:41-72

Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies 40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! 41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. 42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. 43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: 44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. 45 He sent divers sorts of flies among… Read the whole commentary →

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