Psalm 78:62
New International Version
He gave his people over to the sword; he was furious with his inheritance.

New Living Translation
He gave his people over to be butchered by the sword, because he was so angry with his own people—his special possession.

English Standard Version
He gave his people over to the sword and vented his wrath on his heritage.

Berean Standard Bible
He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage.

King James Bible
He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.

New King James Version
He also gave His people over to the sword, And was furious with His inheritance.

New American Standard Bible
He also turned His people over to the sword, And was filled with wrath at His inheritance.

NASB 1995
He also delivered His people to the sword, And was filled with wrath at His inheritance.

NASB 1977
He also delivered His people to the sword, And was filled with wrath at His inheritance.

Legacy Standard Bible
He also gave over His people to the sword, And was filled with wrath at His inheritance.

Amplified Bible
He also handed His people over to the sword, And was infuriated with His inheritance (Israel).

Christian Standard Bible
He surrendered his people to the sword because he was enraged with his heritage.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged with His heritage.

American Standard Version
He gave his people over also unto the sword, And was wroth with his inheritance.

Contemporary English Version
God took out his anger on his chosen ones and let them be killed by enemy swords.

English Revised Version
He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He let swords kill his people. He was furious with those who belonged to him.

Good News Translation
He was angry with his own people and let them be killed by their enemies.

International Standard Version
He delivered his people over to the sword and was angry with his possession.

Majority Standard Bible
He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage.

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

New Heart English Bible
He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance.

Webster's Bible Translation
He gave over his people also to the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.

World English Bible
He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And delivers His people up to the sword, "" And showed Himself angry with His inheritance.

Young's Literal Translation
And delivereth up to the sword His people, And with His inheritance shewed Himself angry.

Smith's Literal Translation
And he will deliver his people to the sword, and he overflowed upon his inheritance.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he shut up his people under the sword: and he despised his inheritance.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he enclosed his people with the sword, and he spurned his inheritance.

New American Bible
God delivered his people to the sword; he was enraged against his heritage.

New Revised Standard Version
He gave his people to the sword, and vented his wrath on his heritage.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
He delivered his people to the sword, and disregarded his inheritance.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
He gave over his people to the sword and turned away from his inheritance.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
He gave His people over also unto the sword; And was wroth with His inheritance.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he gave his people to the sword; and disdained his inheritance.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
I Will Open My Mouth in Parables
61He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary. 62He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage. 63Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.…

Cross References
Judges 2:14
Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.

1 Samuel 4:10-11
So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell. / The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

Jeremiah 12:7
I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the beloved of My soul into the hands of her enemies.

Lamentations 2:7
The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast.

Isaiah 42:24-25
Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law. / So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.

2 Kings 17:20
So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.

2 Chronicles 36:17
So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,

Deuteronomy 32:30
How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?

Hosea 9:12-17
Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them! / I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a meadow. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter. / Give them, O LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up! ...

Ezekiel 39:23-24
And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword. / I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and transgressions, and I hid My face from them.

Romans 1:18
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

Hebrews 3:11
So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”

1 Corinthians 10:5
Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.

Revelation 6:16-17
And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. / For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

Matthew 23:37-38
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate.


Treasury of Scripture

He gave his people over also to the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.

gave

1 Samuel 4:2,10,11
And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men…

wrought

Psalm 89:38
But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

Isaiah 64:9
Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

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He gave His people over to the sword
This phrase reflects a moment of divine judgment where God allows His chosen people to face the consequences of their disobedience. The Hebrew word for "gave" (נָתַן, natan) implies a deliberate action, indicating that God, in His sovereignty, permitted this outcome as a form of discipline. Historically, this can be seen in the context of Israel's repeated cycles of rebellion and repentance, where God used foreign nations as instruments of correction. The "sword" symbolizes warfare and destruction, a common consequence for nations that turned away from God's commandments. This serves as a sobering reminder of the seriousness of sin and the holiness of God, who desires His people to walk in righteousness.

and was enraged with His inheritance
The term "enraged" (עָבַר, avar) conveys a deep, righteous anger. This is not a capricious wrath but a just response to the covenant unfaithfulness of Israel, His "inheritance" (נַחֲלָה, nachalah). The concept of Israel as God's inheritance underscores the special relationship between God and His people, chosen to be a light to the nations. This phrase highlights the tension between God's love and justice. While God is patient and merciful, there comes a point where persistent rebellion leads to divine discipline. This serves as a call to repentance and a return to faithfulness, reminding believers of the privilege and responsibility of being part of God's covenant community.

Verse 62. - He gave his people over also unto the sword. Thirty thousand Israelites were slain in the battle in which the ark was captured (see 1 Samuel 4:10). And was wroth with his inheritance (comp. Psalm 28:9; Psalm 33:12; Psalm 106:5, 40).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He surrendered
וַיַּסְגֵּ֣ר (way·yas·gêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5462: To shut up, to surrender

His people
עַמּ֑וֹ (‘am·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

to the sword
לַחֶ֣רֶב (la·ḥe·reḇ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

because He was enraged
הִתְעַבָּֽר׃ (hiṯ·‘ab·bār)
Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

by His heritage.
וּ֝בְנַחֲלָת֗וֹ (ū·ḇə·na·ḥă·lā·ṯōw)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5159: Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion


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