NET Bible
"So he made a solemn vow that he would make them die in the wilderness,"
— Psalms 106:26, NET Bible
“Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:”
“Therefore he sware unto them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness, ”
“Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them 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:”
He threatened to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him and turned back his destructive anger.
They rejected the fruitful land; they did not believe his promise.
They grumbled in their tents; they did not obey the LORD.
So he made a solemn vow that he would make them die in the wilderness,
make their descendants die among the nations, and scatter them among foreign lands.
They worshiped Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
They made the LORD angry by their actions, and a plague broke out among them.