Psalm 78:29-31

Tell the Coming Generation

29 And they y ate and were well filled,
for he gave them what they z craved.
30 But before they had satisfied their craving,
a while the food was still in their mouths,
31 the anger of God rose against them,
and he killed b the strongest of them
and laid low c the young men of Israel.

  1. Cross References
    Numbers 11:19 - 20
    You shall not eat just one day, or two days, or five days, or ten days, or twenty days.
  2. Cross References
    Numbers 11:4
    Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving. And the people of Israel also wept again and said, "Oh that we had meat to eat!
    Numbers 11:34
    Therefore the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had the craving.
  3. Cross References
    Numbers 11:33
    While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord struck down the people with a very great plague.
    Job 20:23
    To fill his belly to the full, God will send his burning anger against him and rain it upon him into his body.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 10:16
    Therefore the Lord God of hosts will send wasting sickness among his stout warriors, and under his glory a burning will be kindled, like the burning of fire.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 78:63
    Fire devoured their young men, and their young women had no marriage song.
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