So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and He swore an oath, saying,
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh’s anger burned in that day, and he swore, saying,
- KJV And the LORD’s anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,
- NKJV So the Lord’s anger was aroused on that day, and He swore an oath, saying,
- NASB So the Lord’s anger burned on that day, and He swore, saying,
- NLT Then the Lord was very angry with them, and he vowed,
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Quick answer
God's anger was kindled that day, and He swore a solemn oath in response to Israel's unbelief. It shows that rejecting God's promise provokes His righteous judgment.
Overview
Israel's refusal at Kadesh moved the LORD to anger and to a binding oath of judgment. The verse displays the seriousness with which God regards distrust of His word. His holiness will not treat persistent unbelief lightly, yet even His judgment serves to preserve a faithful people and ultimately points to the need for a Mediator who perfectly trusts and obeys.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Num 14:11And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?
- Ps 95:11So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
- Num 14:23not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.
- Num 14:21“Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled with the glory of the LORD,
- Deut 1:34–40When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,
- Num 14:29Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me.
- Heb 3:8–19do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,
- Ezek 20:15Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands—
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In the wilderness Christ is the water from the rock, the bronze serpent lifted up that the dying might look and live (John 3:14), and the star and scepter that Balaam saw rising out of Jacob.
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