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Psalms 78:59 Cross-References
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“When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:”
Psalms 78:59 (KJV)
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Commentary on Psalms 78:59
When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel. The temporal clause When God heard emphasizes divine awareness—idolatry doesn't go unnoticed. Wroth (vaya'avor, וַיַּעֲבֹר) literally means 'He passed over in wrath,' describing overwhelming anger. Greatly abhorred (vayyim'as me'od, וַיִּמְאַס מְאֹד) means intense rejection or disgust—God utterly repudiated covenant-breaking Israel.This anthropopathic language (attributing human emotions to God) reveals moral reality—sin genuinely offends divine holiness. God's wrath isn't arbitrary rage but holy response to evil. The intensifier ...
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Cross-References for Psalms 78:59
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“Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people”
“he has abhorred his sanctuary; He has given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces: They have made a noise in the house of Yahweh”
“and their soul also loathed me.”
“when they are in the land of their enemies”
“which I am casting out before you: for they did all these things”
“to see if there were any who did understand”
“The LORD is in his holy temple”
“Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,,And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;,וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה זַעֲקַת סְדֹם וַעֲמֹרָה כִּי־רָבָּה וְחַטָּאתָם כִּי כָבְדָה מְאֹד׃ ,And the LORD said: Verily”
“and abhorred [them]”