Psalms 74:6
And now they break down all the carved work of it with hatchet and hammers.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
In Context
5They seemed as men who lifted up axes upon a thicket of trees.
Cross References
1 Kings 6:29And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, inside and outside.
1 Kings 6:35And he carved [thereon] cherubim and palm trees and open flowers. And he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 74:2-12
Mournful Complaints. 1 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? 2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. 3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. 4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. 5 A man was famous… Read the whole commentary →