◄ Psalm 78:59 {77:59} ►
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Good News Translation
God was angry when he saw it, so he rejected his people completely.

New Revised Standard Version
When God heard, he was full of wrath, and he utterly rejected Israel.

Contemporary English Version
So God became furious and completely rejected the people of Israel.

New American Bible
God heard and grew angry; he rejected Israel completely.

Douay-Rheims Bible
God heard, and despised them, and he reduced Israel exceedingly as it were to nothing.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

God heard, and despised them, and he reduced Israel exceedingly as it were to nothing.

God

Psalm 11:4 For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: but what has the just man done?

Psalm 14:2-5 The Lord hath looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there be any that understand and seek God. . . .

Genesis 18:20,21 And the Lord said: The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha is multiplied, and their sin is become exceedingly grievous. . . .

greatly

Psalm 106:40 And the Lord was exceedingly angry with his people: and he abhorred his inheritance.

Leviticus 20:23 Walk not after the laws of the nations, which I will cast out before you. For they have done all these things: and therefore I abhorred them.

Leviticus 26:44 And yet for all that when they were in the land of their enemies, I did not cast them off altogether. Neither did I so despise them that they should be quite consumed: and I should make void my covenant with them. For I am the Lord their God.

Lamentations 2:7 Zain. The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath cursed his sanctuary: he hath delivered the walls of the towers thereof into the hand of the enemy: they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.

Zechariah 11:8 And I cut off three shepherds in one month, and my soul was straitened in their regard: for their soul also varied in my regard.

Context
I Will Open My Mouth in Parables
…58They provoked him to anger on their hills: and moved him to jealousy with their graven things. 59God heard, and despised them, and he reduced Israel exceedingly as it were to nothing.60And he put away the tabernacle of Silo, his tabernacle where he dwelt among men.…
Cross References
Leviticus 26:30
I will destroy your high places, and break your idols. You shall fall among the ruins of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

Deuteronomy 1:34
And when the Lord had heard the voice of your words, he was angry and swore, and said:

Deuteronomy 9:19
For I feared his indignation and anger, wherewith being moved against you, he would have destroyed you. And the Lord heard me this time also.

Deuteronomy 32:19
The Lord saw, and was moved to wrath: because his own sons and daughters provoked him.

Psalm 55:19
God shall hear, and the Eternal shall humble them. For there is no change with them, and they have not feared God:

Psalm 89:39
Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his sanctuary on the earth.

Psalm 106:40
And the Lord was exceedingly angry with his people: and he abhorred his inheritance.

Lamentations 2:7
Zain. The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath cursed his sanctuary: he hath delivered the walls of the towers thereof into the hand of the enemy: they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.

Ezekiel 23:18
And she discovered her fornications, and discovered her disgrace: and my soul was alienated from her, as my soul was alienated from her sister.

Amos 6:8
The Lord God hath sworn by his own soul, saith the Lord the God of hosts: I detest the pride of Jacob, and I hate his houses, and I will deliver up the city with the inhabitants thereof.

Psalm 78:58
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