Psalms 78:21
Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; and fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also went up against Israel:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
22Because they believed not in God, and confided not in his salvation;
Cross References
Numbers 11:1And it came to pass that when the people murmured, it was evil in the ears of Jehovah; and Jehovah heard it, and his anger was kindled, and the fire of Jehovah burned among them, and consumed [some] in the extremity of the camp.
Numbers 11:10And Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every one at the entrance of his tent; and the anger of Jehovah was kindled greatly; it was also evil in the eyes of Moses.
Psalms 78:31When the anger of God went up against them; and he slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
1 Corinthians 10:5yet God was not pleased with the most of them, for they were strewed in the desert.
Hebrews 12:29For also our God [is] 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 →