Psalms 106:36
Yea they served their idols, and they became to them a snare:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
In Context
35But had fellowship with the nations, and learned their doings;
37Yea they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to mischievous demons;
Cross References
Exodus 23:33they shall not dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against me,—for thou mightest serve their gods, verily! it would become to thee a snare!
Deuteronomy 7:16and thou shalt devour all the peoples whom, Yahweh thy God, is delivering up unto thee, thine eye shall not look with pity upon them, neither shalt thou serve their gods, for a snare, would it be unto thee.
Joshua 23:13know, that Yahweh your God will no further drive out these nations from before you,—but they will become unto you a snare and a hook, and a goad in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye have perished from off this goodly soil, which Yahweh your God hath given unto you.
Judges 2:12and forsook Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt, and went after other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were round about them, and bowed themselves down unto them,—and angered Yahweh.
Judges 2:19But, when the judge was dead, they again broke faith more than their fathers, by going their way after other gods, by serving them, and bowing themselves down to them,—they ceased not from their doings nor from their stubborn way.
Judges 3:7Thus did the sons of Israel the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh, and forgat Yahweh their God,—and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 106:35-48
Provocation of Israel in the Wilderness; The Divine Compassion. 34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them: 35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. 36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. 37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, 38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. 39 Thus were they… Read the whole commentary →