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Psalm 78:23

Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven.

21Therefore the LORD heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,
22because they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t trust in his salvation.
23Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven.
24He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.
25Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full.
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“Yet” makes God’s opened doors startling: the people have failed to trust him, and he still commands the skies to feed them.

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Where else Scripture says this

7 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, …Both passages picture openings above the earth: the doors of heaven in the psalm and the sky’s windows in Genesis.
Malachi 3:10Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says the LORD of Armies, “if I will not open you the …God opens heaven in both passages, with doors opening for food in the psalm and windows opening for blessing in Malachi.
Psalm 33:9For he spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood firm.Both psalms describe God commanding creation, whose response displays the authority of his word.
2 Kings 7:19and that captain answered the man of God, and said, “Now, behold, if the LORD made windows in heaven, might such a thing be?” and he said, “Behold, you will …The captain questions whether windows in heaven could make a difference; the psalm recounts God opening heaven’s doors despite Israel’s distrust.
John 6:32Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, it wasn’t Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of …The psalm’s opened doors lead to food from heaven; Jesus names his Father as the giver of true bread from heaven.
2 Kings 7:2Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, “Behold, if the LORD made windows in heaven, could this thing be?” He said, …Heaven’s openings appear in both accounts: the captain speaks with doubt about windows, while the psalm describes doors God opened.
Isaiah 5:6I will lay it a wasteland. It won’t be pruned or hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.”God commands the skies in the psalm and the clouds in Isaiah, showing his authority over what comes down from above.
Where this verse fits

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One step

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Read Psalm 78:21–25 and underline the word “Yet”

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Encouragement

God’s provision here reaches people who have failed to trust him. Their unbelief matters, and the heavens remain under his command.

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