Psalms 78:63
Fire devoured their young men, and their maidens had no marriage-song.
Open English Bible (US)
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 to the sword, he was furious with his own.
64Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows could not weep.
Cross References
Psalms 78:21When the Lord heard this, he was furious, and fire was kindled on Jacob, anger flared up against Israel.
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 →