Psalms 78:59

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“On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.”

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BSBPD

“On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“When God heardthis, he was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 78:59 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 18:20Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
  2. Leviticus 20:23You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
  3. Leviticus 26:44Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or despise them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.
  4. Deuteronomy 32:19When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
  5. Psalms 11:4The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
  6. Psalms 14:2The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
  7. Psalms 106:40So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
  8. Lamentations 2:7The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast.
  9. Zechariah 11:8And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.

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