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Psalm 106:41
He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.
39Thus they were defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds.
40Therefore the LORD burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.
41He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.
42Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.
43He rescued them many times, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.
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The hand of the nations becomes a place of judgment here: God’s own people fall under rulers who hate them, following the rebellion described just before.
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Judges 2:14The LORD’s anger burned against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of raiders who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all …Both passages describe God handing Israel over to enemies, with the surrounding psalm verses also naming his anger.
Nehemiah 9:27–38Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them. In the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from …Both recount God delivering his people into hostile hands; Nehemiah also describes his response when they cried for help.
Ezekiel 11:9“I will bring you out of the middle of it, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.Both describe God delivering his people into the hands of outsiders as an act of judgment.
Judges 3:12The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had …Judges names Eglon of Moab as an enemy God strengthened against Israel; the psalm recounts God giving Israel over to hostile nations.
Judges 3:8Therefore the LORD’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served …Both describe Israel subjected to hostile rule through God’s action; Judges names the ruler and the eight years of service.
Judges 4:1–2The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, when Ehud was dead.The supplied Judges verse names Israel’s repeated evil, sharing the setting of rebellion that surrounds the psalm’s account of hostile rule.
Ezekiel 7:24Therefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they will possess their houses. I will also make the pride of the strong to cease. Their holy places will …Both describe God bringing foreign nations against his people, with Ezekiel specifying the seizure of their houses.
Exodus 5:8You shall require from them the number of the bricks which they made before. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, …The psalm names hostile rule; Exodus shows harsh labor demands imposed on people seeking to sacrifice to God.
2 Chronicles 15:6They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.Both attribute national suffering to God’s action, though Chronicles describes conflict between nations and cities rather than rule by enemies.
Deuteronomy 32:30How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had delivered them up?Both explain defeat through God delivering his people into enemy power, rather than through military strength alone.
Deuteronomy 28:29You will grope at noonday, as a blind person gropes in darkness, and you will not prosper in your ways. You will only be oppressed and robbed always, and there …Both describe people subject to oppression, made explicit in the next psalm verse; Deuteronomy also names robbery and the absence of rescue.
Deuteronomy 28:33A nation which you don’t know will eat the fruit of your ground and all of your work. You will only be oppressed and crushed always,Both describe suffering under a foreign nation’s power; Deuteronomy specifies strangers consuming the produce of the people’s work.
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