Text: Psalm 78:58
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 5:8
Subject: idolatry consequences
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Deuteronomy 5:8 prohibits making any idol (פֶּסֶל, pesel), and Psalm 78:58 records the consequence of violation: Israel "aroused His jealousy with their graven images" (בִּפְסִילֵיהֶם, bipesileihem). The psalm uses the Deuteronomic vocabulary of idolatry—the same term פֶּסֶל the commandment prohibits—to narrate the historical outcome: God heard and "was very angry, and He utterly rejected Israel" (78:59). The psalmist connects the second commandment directly to the loss of Shiloh as God's dwelling place, demonstrating that the Deuteronomic prohibition against graven images was not merely theoretical but had devastating historical consequences when violated.