Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
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Gill's Exposition
Because they believed not in God,.... That he was able to give them bread, and provide flesh for them, or bring them through the wilderness to Canaan's land, as he had promised. God, and he only, is…
Barnes' Notes
Therefore the Lord heard this, and was wroth - See Num 11:1, Num 11:10. So a fire was kindled against Jacob ... - Fire may be used here, as in Num 11:1, as an emblem of wrath; a fire may have been…
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, Psa…
Cambridge Bible
Therefore when Jehovah heard, he was wroth:
And a fire was kindled against Jacob,
And anger also went up against Israel.
Cp. Psa 78:78; Psa 78:78. A firealludes to the punishment of the murmuring…
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