Psalms 74:6
And now they break down its carved work altogether, with hatchets and hammers.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
In Context
5[A man] was known as he could lift up axes in the thicket of trees;
7They have set on fire thy sanctuary, they have profaned the habitation of thy name to the ground.
Cross References
1 Kings 6:29And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved sculptures of cherubim, and palm-trees, and half-open flowers, within and without.
1 Kings 6:35And he carved on them cherubim, and palm-trees, and half-open flowers; and overlaid them with gold fitted on the carved 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 →