Psalms 74:6

And now all the carved work thereof together they strike down with hatchet and hammers.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.

In Context

5It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees.

7They have set Thy sanctuary on fire; they have profaned the dwelling-place of Thy name even to the ground.

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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, within and without.

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 →

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