Psalms 106:40

Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against His people, and He abhorred His inheritance.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.

In Context

39Thus were they defiled with their works, and went astray in their doings.

41And He gave them into the hand of the nations; and they that hated them ruled over them.

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Cross References

Leviticus 20:23And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I am casting out before you; for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

Deuteronomy 9:29Yet they are Thy people and Thine inheritance, that Thou didst bring out by Thy great power and by Thy outstretched arm.'

Judges 2:14And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and He gave them over into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

Judges 3:8Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He gave them over into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim; and the children of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.

Nehemiah 9:27Therefore Thou didst deliver them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them; and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto Thee, Thou heardest from heaven; and according to Thy manifold mercies Thou gavest them saviours who might save them out of the hand of their adversaries.

Psalms 78:59God heard, and was wroth, and He greatly abhorred Israel;

Matthew Henry on Psalms 106:35-48

Provocation of Israel in the Wilderness; The Divine Compassion. 34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them: 35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. 36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. 37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, 38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. 39 Thus were they… Read the whole commentary →

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