Psalms 78:63
Fire devoured their young men; and their virgins had no marriage-song.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
In Context
62He gave His people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with His inheritance.
64Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:20(29-19) the LORD will not be willing to pardon him, but then the anger of the LORD and His jealousy shall be kindled against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven;
Psalms 78:21Therefore the LORD heard, and was wroth; and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also went up against Israel;
Jeremiah 7:34Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land shall be desolate.
Jeremiah 25:10Moreover I will cause to cease from among them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
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 →