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31The wrath of God came{H8804)} upon them, and slew{H8799)} the fattest of them, and smote down{H8689)} the chosen men of Israel.

Psalms 78:31

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 9-39)

In these verses, I. The psalmist observes the late rebukes of Providence that the people of Israel had been under, which they had brought upon themselves by their dealing treacherously with God, Ps. 78:9-11. The children of Ephraim , in which tribe Shiloh was, though they were well armed and shot with bows, yet turned back in the day of battle . This seems to refer to that shameful defeat which th…

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