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Psalms 78:21

Israel

19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

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

22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

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BSB
Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel,
KJV
Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
WEB
Therefore the LORD heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,
ASV
Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel;
DARBY
Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; and fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also went up against Israel:
BLB
Therefore YHWH heard and boiled over, and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger came up against Israel,
ÅB
Derfor, da Herren hørte det, harmedes han, og ild ble tent opp mot Jakob, og vrede reiste seg mot Israel,
OTB
Derfor hørte Herren det og ble fylt med vrede;
Og ild ble tent mot Jakob,
Og også vrede steg opp mot Israel,
B1930
Derfor, da Herren hørte det, harmedes han, og ild optendtes mot Jakob, og vrede reiste sig mot Israel,

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  • Jude 1:5

    I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

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  • Numbers 11:1–3

    And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.

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  • 1 Corinthians 10:11

    Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

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  • Numbers 11:10

    Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.

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  • Hebrews 12:29

    For our God is a consuming fire.

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  • Psalms 78:31

    The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

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  • 1 Corinthians 10:5

    But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:22

    For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

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