Psalms 78:21

When he heard this, the Lord became very angry, burning like fire against the descendants of Jacob, furious with the people of Israel,

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Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;

In Context

20Yes, he can strike a rock so that water gushes out like flowing rivers, but can he give us bread? Can he supply his people with meat?”

22for they didn't believe in God and didn't trust him to take care of them.

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Cross References

Numbers 11:1It wasn't long before the people started to complain about how much they were suffering. When the Lord heard what they were saying, he became angry. Fire from the Lord burned them, destroying some on the edge of the camp.

Numbers 11:10Moses heard all the families crying at the entrance to their tents. The Lord became very angry, and Moses was also upset.

Psalms 78:31God became angry with them and he killed their strongest men, striking them down in the prime of life.

1 Corinthians 10:5However, God wasn't happy with most of them, and they perished in the desert.

Hebrews 12:29For “our God is a fire that consumes.”

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 →

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