American Standard Version
"Therefore he sware unto them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness, "
— Psalms 106:26, American Standard Version
“Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:”
“Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,”
“So he made a solemn vow that he would make them die in the wilderness,”
“They mount up to the heavens, and they go down to the depths: their soul pined away with evils.”
“So he made an oath against them, to put an end to them in the waste land:”
“Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:”
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, Had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroythem.
Yea, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word,
But murmured in their tents, And hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.
Therefore he sware unto them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.
They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead.
Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings; And the plague brake in upon them.