Psalms 106:40

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 defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.

⁴¹ And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.

⁴² Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
KJV: Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
WEB: Therefore the LORD burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.
ASV: Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people, And he abhorred his inheritance.
DARBY: Then was the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he abhorred his inheritance;
BLB: And the anger of YHWH was kindled against His people, and He came to abhor His inheritance.

ÅB: Da ble Herrens vrede tent opp mot hans folk, og han fikk avsky for sin arv.
OTB: Derfor ble Herrens vrede opptent mot hans folk,
og han avskydde sin arv.
B1930: Da optendtes Herrens vrede mot hans folk, og han fikk avsky for sin arv.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Judges 2:14
And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
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Deuteronomy 9:29
Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
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Judges 3:8
Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years.
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Deuteronomy 32:19
And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
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Judges 2:20
And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
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Zechariah 11:8
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
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Nehemiah 9:27–38
Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
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Psalms 74:1
O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
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