Psalms 78:21

Therefore the LORD heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

20Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide meat for his people?”

22because they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t trust in his salvation.

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Cross References

Numbers 11:1The people were complaining in the ears of the LORD. When the LORD heard it, his anger burned; and the LORD’s fire burned among them, and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.

Numbers 11:10Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent; and the LORD’s anger burned greatly; and Moses was displeased.

Psalms 78:31when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of their strongest, and struck down the young men of Israel.

1 Corinthians 10:5However with most of them, God was not well pleased, for they were overthrown 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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