Psalm 78:21 {77:21}
Good News Translation
And so the LORD was angry when he heard them; he attacked his people with fire, and his anger against them grew,

New Revised Standard Version
Therefore, when the LORD heard, he was full of rage; a fire was kindled against Jacob, his anger mounted against Israel,

Contemporary English Version
When the LORD heard this, he was angry and furious with Jacob's descendants, the people of Israel.

New American Bible
The LORD heard and grew angry; fire blazed up against Jacob; anger flared up against Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore the Lord heard, and was angry: and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and wrath came up against Israel.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Therefore the Lord heard, and was angry: and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and wrath came up against Israel.

the Lord

Psalm 78:31 And the wrath of God came upon them. And he slew the fat ones amongst them, and brought down the chosen men of Israel.

Numbers 11:10 Now Moses heard the people weeping by their families, every one at the door of his tent. And the wrath of the Lord was exceedingly enkindled: to Moses also the thing seemed insupportable.

1 Corinthians 10:5,11 But with most of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the desert. . . .

Jude 1:5 I will therefore admonish you, though ye once knew all things, that Jesus, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, did afterwards destroy them that believed not.

a fire

Numbers 11:1-3 In the mean time there arose a murmuring of the people against the Lord, as it were repining at their fatigue. And when the Lord heard it he was angry. And the fire of the Lord being kindled against them, devoured them that were at the uttermost part of the camp. . . .

Deuteronomy 32:22 A fire is kindled in my wrath, and shall burn even to the lowest hell: and shall devour the earth with her increase, and shall burn the foundations of the mountains.

Hebrews 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.

Context
I Will Open My Mouth in Parables
20Because he struck the rock, and the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed. Can he also give bread, or provide a table for his people? 21Therefore the Lord heard, and was angry: and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and wrath came up against Israel.22Because they believed not in God: and trusted not in his salvation.…
Cross References
Numbers 11:1
In the mean time there arose a murmuring of the people against the Lord, as it were repining at their fatigue. And when the Lord heard it he was angry. And the fire of the Lord being kindled against them, devoured them that were at the uttermost part of the camp.

Psalm 66:12
Thou hast set men over our heads. We have passed through fire and water, and thou hast brought us out into a refreshment.

Psalm 78:20
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