Psalms 78:21

When Yahweh heard this, he was angry; 1 so his fire burned against Jacob, 1 and his anger attacked Israel, 1

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Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;

In Context

20See, when he struck the rock, waters gushed out 1 and streams overflowed. 1 But can he give bread also? 1 Will he provide meat for his people?” 1

22because they did not believe in God 1 and did not trust in his salvation. 1

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Cross References

Numbers 11:1Now the people complained about their troubles as Yahweh listened. Yahweh heard the people and became angry. Fire from Yahweh burned among them and consumed some of the camp on its edges.

Numbers 11:10Moses heard the people weeping in their families, and every man was at the entrance to his tent. Yahweh was very angry, and in Moses' eyes their complaining was wrong.

Psalms 78:31Then God's anger attacked them 1 and killed the strongest of them. 1 He brought down the young men of Israel. 1

1 Corinthians 10:5But God was not well pleased with most of them, and their corpses were scattered about in the wilderness.

Hebrews 12:29For our God is a consuming fire.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:10-40

Wonders Wrought in Behalf of Israel; The Crimes of the Israelites; 9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; 11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had showed them. 12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as a heap. 14 In the daytime… Read the whole commentary →

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