Psalm 78:63 “Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without weddi…”

Psalm 78:63

Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.

World English Bible

Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.

American Standard Version

Fire devoured their young men; And their virgins had no marriage-song.

Geneva Bible 1599

The fire deuoured their chosen men, and their maides were not praised.

Darby Translation

The fire consumed their young men, and their maidens were not praised in [nuptial] song;

Young's Literal Translation

His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.

Bible in Basic English

Their young men were burned in the fire; and their virgins were not praised in the bride-song.

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Cross references

“fire”

Psalm 78:21 Deuteronomy 29:20 Deuteronomy 32:22

Psalm 78:21 · BSB

Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel,

Deuteronomy 29:20 · BSB

The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven

Deuteronomy 32:22 · BSB

For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

“maidens”

Jeremiah 7:34 Jeremiah 16:9 Isaiah 4:1 Jeremiah 25:10

Jeremiah 7:34 · BSB

I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”

Jeremiah 16:9 · BSB

For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom.

Isaiah 4:1 · BSB

In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”

Jeremiah 25:10 · BSB

Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

Also

Numbers 11:1

Numbers 11:1 · BSB

Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.

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

In context

62He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage.

64His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.

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