Psalms 78:49

He sent forth upon them the fierceness of His anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, a sending of messengers of evil.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

48He gave over their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to fiery bolts.

50He levelled a path for His anger; He spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

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Cross References

Exodus 15:7And in the greatness of Thine excellency Thou overthrowest them that rise up against Thee; Thou sendest forth Thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.

1 Kings 22:21And there came forth the spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said: I will entice him.

Job 2:6And the LORD said unto Satan: 'Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life.'

Psalms 11:6Upon the wicked He will cause to rain coals; fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

Lamentations 4:11The LORD hath accomplished His fury, He hath poured out His fierce anger; and He hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath devoured the foundations thereof.

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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