King James Version
Psalms 106:40 in the King James Version says “Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 106 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.”
Psalms 106:40 · KJV
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.
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.
And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“kindled”
H2734to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
“Therefore was the wrath”
H639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“against his people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his own inheritance”
H5159properly, something inherited, i.e., (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
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