Psalms 78:62
He gave his people up to the sword, and was angry with his heritage.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
In Context
61And he let his strength be taken prisoner, and gave his glory into the hands of his hater.
63Their young men were burned in the fire; and their virgins were not praised in the bride-song.
Cross References
1 Samuel 4:10So the Philistines went to the fight, and Israel was overcome, and every man went in flight to his tent: and great was the destruction, for thirty thousand footmen of Israel were put to the sword.
Jeremiah 12:13Though good grain was planted, they have got in thorns: they have given themselves pain without profit: they will be shamed on account of their produce, because of the burning wrath of the Lord.
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 →