Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 78:58
58They enraged him with their high places and provoked his jealousy with their carved images.
Psalms 78:58 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
- New International Version (NIV)They angered him with their high places; they aroused his jealousy with their idols.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For they provoked him to anger with their high places; they moved him to jealousy with their idols.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For they provoked Him to anger with their high places, And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images.
Context of Psalms 78:58
56But they rebelliously tested the Most High God, for they did not keep his decrees. 57They treacherously turned away like their ancestors; they became warped like a faulty bow. They enraged him with their high places and provoked his jealousy with their carved images. 59God heard and became furious; he completely rejected Israel. 60He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh, the tent where he resided among mankind.
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וַיַּכְעִיס֥וּהוּ בְּבָמוֹתָ֑ם וּ֝בִפְסִילֵיהֶ֗ם יַקְנִיאֽוּהוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 78:58
- Leviticus 26:30I will destroy your high places, cut down your shrines, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless bodies of your idols; I will reject you.
- Numbers 33:52you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, destroy all their stone images and cast images, and demolish all their high places.
- Deuteronomy 12:2Destroy completely all the places where the nations that you are driving out worship their gods — on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.
- Ezekiel 20:28When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices and presented their offensive offerings there. They also sent up their pleasing aromas and poured out their drink offerings there.
- Psalms 79:5How long, Lord? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy keep burning like fire?
- Exodus 34:14Because the Lord is jealous for his reputation, you are never to bow down to another god. He is a jealous God.
- Deuteronomy 32:16They provoked his jealousy with different gods; they enraged him with detestable practices.
- Judges 2:12and abandoned the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of Egypt. They followed other gods from the surrounding peoples and bowed down to them. They angered the Lord,
- Ezekiel 8:3He stretched out what appeared to be a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the inner gate that faces north, where the offensive statue that provokes jealousy was located.
- 1 Corinthians 10:22Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
- Psalms 97:7All who serve carved images, those who boast in worthless idols, will be put to shame. All the gods must worship him.
- Exodus 20:4Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.
- Deuteronomy 4:16so you don’t act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves in the shape of any figure: a male or female form,
- Deuteronomy 27:15‘The person who makes a carved idol or cast image, which is detestable to the Lord, the work of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret is cursed.’ And all the people will reply, ‘Amen!’
- Judges 2:11The Israelites did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. They worshiped the Baals
- Judges 10:6Then the Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and the Philistines. They abandoned the Lord and did not worship him.
Commentaries on Psalms 78:58
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 58For they provoked him to anger with their high places - places where idols were worshipped; usually on mountains or elevated places. Leviticus 26:30; compare 1 Kings 3:2; 1 Kings 12:31-32; 2 Kings 17:32; 2 Chronicles 33:17. And moved him to jealousy - As one is when affections due to himself are bestowed upon another - as in the married life. “With their graven images.” Their idols. Graven images are here put for idols in general.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 56-72Verses 56-72 After the Israelites were settled in Canaan, the children were like their fathers. God gave them his testimonies, but they turned back. Presumptuous sins render even Israelites hateful to God's holiness, and exposed to his justice. Those whom the Lord forsakes become an easy prey to the destroyer. And sooner or later, God will disgrace his enemies. He set a good government over his people; a monarch after his own heart. With good reason does…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 56-64Israel’s rebellion defiled the promised land. During the time of the judges, the people built shrines to false gods and worshiped idols (Psalm 78:58; see also Judges 2:11; 3:7, 17–18).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5858. Idolatry resulted from sparing the heathen (compare Psa 78:9-11).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 78
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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