And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
Psalm 78 recounts the rich blessings God gave to Israel and the people's poor response to them, constantly working against a good God. Within that account the verse recalls the plague in which Egypt's rivers and floods, its waters and streams, were turned into blood so that they could not drink. It stands remembered there as one of those acts of divine power and judgment.
Disobedience brings the sure result of its own course of action. Under rebuke and chastisement there is repentance, followed by falling again when temptation comes through self-indulgence and self-gratification.
Psalm 78 recounts the rich blessings God gave to Israel and the people's poor response to them, constantly working against a good God. Within that account the verse recalls the plague in which Egypt's rivers and floods, its waters and streams, were turned into blood so that they could not drink. It stands remembered there as one of those acts of divine power and judgment.
Disobedience brings the sure result of its own course of action. Under rebuke and chastisement there is repentance, followed by falling again when temptation comes through self-indulgence and self-gratification.