Psalms 78:50

He leveled a path for his anger; he withheld not from death their soul, and their life he surrendered to the pestilence;

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

In Context

49He let loose against them the fierceness of his anger, wrath and indignation, and distress, a host of angels of misfortune.

51And he smote all the first-born in Egypt; the first of their strength in the tents of Ham;

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Cross References

Exodus 9:6And the Lord did this thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died; but of the cattle of the children of Israel there died not one.

Ezekiel 5:11Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord Eternal, Surely, because thou hast made unclean my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thy abominations: therefore will I also diminish [thee]; and my eye shall not show pity, and I also will not spare.

Ezekiel 7:9And my eye shall not show pity, and I will not spare: according to thy ways will I lay [evil] on thee, and thy abominations shall come in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the Lord that smiteth.

Ezekiel 9:10And as for me also, my eye shall not look with pity, and I will not spare; but I will bring their course upon their own head.

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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