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Psalms 78:48

Psalms 78:48
He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger,.... This with the following words,

wrath, and indignation, and trouble, are thought by some to intend the other plagues, which are not particularly…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

He gave up their cattle also to the hail - Margin, he shut up. Exo 9:22-25. And their flocks to hot thunderbolts - Margin, lightnings. The original word means flame; then, lightning. There is no…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 78:40-72

The matter and scope of this paragraph are the same with the former, showing what great mercies God had bestowed upon Israel, how provoking they had been, what judgments he had brought upon them for…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And he gave over their beasts to the hail,

And their cattle to fiery lightnings.

As the text stands, the reference is to the destruction of the Egyptian cattle as well as the crops by the lightning…

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