Psalm 78:59 “On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.”

Psalm 78:59

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel,

American Standard Version

When God heard this, he was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;

Geneva Bible 1599

God heard this and was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel,

Darby Translation

God heard, and was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

When this came to God's ears he was very angry, and gave up Israel completely;

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Cross references

“God”

Psalm 11:4 Psalm 14:2–5 Genesis 18:20 Genesis 18:21

Psalm 11:4 · BSB

The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.

Psalm 14:2–5 · BSB

The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

Genesis 18:20 · BSB

Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,

Genesis 18:21 · BSB

I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”

“greatly”

Psalm 106:40 Lamentations 2:7 Leviticus 20:23 Leviticus 26:44 Zechariah 11:8

Psalm 106:40 · BSB

So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.

Lamentations 2:7 · BSB

The 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…

Leviticus 20:23 · BSB

You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.

Leviticus 26:44 · BSB

Yet 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.

Zechariah 11:8 · BSB

And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.

Also

Deuteronomy 32:19

Deuteronomy 32:19 · BSB

When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

58They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.

60He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.

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