Psalms 74:6

And now they hew in pieces the carved work thereof altogether with hatchets and hammers.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5[The enemy] is known as one that lifteth up high axes against the thickets of a forest.

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

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Cross References

1 Kings 6:29And on all the wall of the house round about he carved figures of cherubim and palm-trees and opening flowers, in the debir and in the temple.

1 Kings 6:35And he carved thereon cherubim, and palm-trees and opening flowers: and he overlaid them with gold fitting upon 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 →

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