Psalms 78:63

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Fire consumed their young men, and their virgins remained unmarried.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 7:34 : 34 I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, or the glad celebration of brides and grooms throughout the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. For the whole land will become a desolate wasteland.”
  • Jer 16:9 : 9 For I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, tell you what will happen. I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, to the glad celebration of brides and grooms in this land. You and the rest of the people will live to see this happen.’”
  • Jer 25:10 : 10 I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, to the glad celebration of brides and grooms in these lands. I will put an end to the sound of people grinding meal. I will put an end to lamps shining in their houses.
  • Num 11:1 : 1 The Israelites Complain When the people complained, it displeased the LORD. When the LORD heard it, his anger burned, and so the fire of the LORD burned among them and consumed some of the outer parts of the camp.
  • Deut 29:20 : 20 The LORD will be unwilling to forgive him, and his intense anger will rage against that man; all the curses written in this scroll will fall upon him and the LORD will obliterate his name from memory.
  • Deut 32:22 : 22 For a fire has been kindled by my anger, and it burns to lowest Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and ignites the foundations of the mountains.
  • Ps 78:21 : 21 When the LORD heard this, he was furious. A fire broke out against Jacob, and his anger flared up against Israel,
  • Isa 4:1 : 1 Seven women will grab hold of one man at that time. They will say,“We will provide our own food, we will provide our own clothes; but let us belong to you– take away our shame!”

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    64Their priests fell by the sword, but their widows did not weep.

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    62He delivered his people over to the sword, and was angry with his chosen nation.

  • Jer 18:21
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    21So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle.

  • Num 31:10
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    10They burned all their towns where they lived and all their encampments.

  • Lam 2:21
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    21ש(Sin/Shin) The young boys and old men lie dead on the ground in the streets. My young women and my young men have fallen by the sword. You killed them when you were angry; you slaughtered them without mercy.

  • Lam 5:11
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    11They raped women in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah.

  • 1 Sam 30:3
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    3When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned. Their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive.

  • 2 Chr 36:17
    71%

    17He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered their young men in their temple. He did not spare young men or women, or even the old and aging. God handed everyone over to him.

  • Ezek 23:47
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    47That army will pelt them with stones and slash them with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters and burn their houses.

  • Ps 106:18
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    18Fire burned their group; the flames scorched the wicked.

  • Exod 22:24
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    24and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.

  • Lev 10:2
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    2So fire went out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them so that they died before the LORD.

  • Isa 9:18-19
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    18For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.

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  • Ps 78:31
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    31when the anger of God flared up against them. He killed some of the strongest of them; he brought the young men of Israel to their knees.

  • Job 22:20
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    20‘Surely our enemies are destroyed, and fire consumes their wealth.’

  • Ezek 30:17
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    17The young men of On and of Pi-beseth will die by the sword; and the cities will go into captivity.

  • Isa 64:11
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    11Our holy temple, our pride and joy, the place where our ancestors praised you, has been burned with fire; all our prized possessions have been destroyed.

  • Joel 1:8
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    8A Call to Lament Wail like a young virgin clothed in sackcloth, lamenting the death of her husband-to-be.

  • Deut 32:25
    69%

    25The sword will make people childless outside, and terror will do so inside; they will destroy both the young man and the virgin, the infant and the gray-haired man.

  • Jer 11:22
    69%

    22So the LORD of Heaven’s Armies said,“I will surely punish them! Their young men will be killed in battle. Their sons and daughters will die of starvation.

  • Lam 5:13
    69%

    13The young men perform menial labor; boys stagger from their labor.

  • Ps 78:48
    68%

    48He rained hail down on their cattle, and hurled lightning bolts down on their livestock.

  • Num 31:17
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    17Now therefore kill every boy, and kill every woman who has been intimate with a man in bed.

  • Isa 13:16
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    16Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives raped.

  • Ps 106:37
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    37They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.

  • Isa 27:11
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    11Do this: exterminate every male, as well as every woman who has experienced a man’s bed. But spare the lives of any virgins.” So they did as instructed.

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    13In that day your beautiful young women and your young men will faint from thirst.

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  • Ezek 16:21
    68%

    21you slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols.

  • Ezek 22:31
    68%

    31So I have poured my anger on them, and destroyed them with the fire of my fury. I hereby repay them for what they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD.”

  • Ps 78:50
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    50He sent his anger in full force; he did not spare them from death; he handed their lives over to destruction.

  • Isa 3:25
    67%

    25Your men will fall by the sword, your strong men will die in battle.

  • 2 Kgs 17:17
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    17They passed their sons and daughters through the fire, and practiced divination and omen reading. They committed themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD and made him angry.

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    9You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the LORD angrily devours them; the fire consumes them.

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    11You conceive straw, you give birth to chaff; your breath is a fire that destroys you.

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  • Jer 50:30
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    30So her young men will fall in her city squares. All her soldiers will be destroyed at that time,” says the LORD.

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    61But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the LORD.

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    33So he caused them to die unsatisfied and filled with terror.