Holy Scripture

Psalms 105:40

A church father on this verse
“"They asked, and the quail came" [Psalm 105:40]. They did not desire quails, but flesh. But since the quail is flesh, and in this Psalm he speaks not of the provocation of those who did not please God, but of the faith of the elect, the true seed of Abraham; they are to be understood to have desired that that might co…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 105

Source: Septuagint

Original

40So the Lord was very angry with his people, And he abhorred his inheritance.

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38And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was defiled with blood,

39And was polluted with their works; And they went a-whoring with their own devices.

— Psalms 105:40 —

41And he delivered them into the hands of their enemies; And they that hated them ruled over them.

42And their enemies oppressed them, And they were brought down under their hands.

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