Psalms 106:39
And they became unclean by their works, and became unchaste in their doings.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
In Context
40Then was kindled the anger of Yahweh with his people, and he abhorred his own inheritance.
Cross References
Leviticus 17:7so shall they no more offer their sacrifices unto demons after whom they are unchastely going away,—a statute age-abiding, shall this be to them unto their generations.
Numbers 15:39so shall they serve you as fringes, and when ye see then, then shall ye call to mind all the commandments of Yahweh, and shall do them,—and shall not spy out, after your own hearts, and after your own eyes for things, after which, ye, are ready to go unchastely away:
Isaiah 59:3For, your hands, are defiled with blood, And, your fingers, with iniquity,—Your lips, have spoken falsehood, and Your tongue, muttereth, perversity.
Jeremiah 3:6And Yahweh said unto me, in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen what apostate Israel, did? She used to go upon every high mountain and beneath every green tree, and commit unchastity there.
Ezekiel 20:18But I said unto their children in the desert, In the statutes of your fathers, let it not be that ye walk, And their regulations, let it not be that ye observe,— And with their manufactured gods, let it not be that ye defile yourselves.
Ezekiel 20:43Then shall ye call to mind. there, your own ways and all your own doings, wherewith ye had defiled yourselves,- And ye shall become loathsome in your own sight, for all your wickednesses, which ye have done.
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 →