Psalms 74:7
They have set on fire thy sanctuary; to the ground have they profaned the dwelling-place of thy name.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
6And now they hew in pieces the carved work thereof altogether with hatchets and hammers.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:31And I will render your cities a waste, and I will make desolate your sanctuaries, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors.
1 Kings 8:20And the Lord hath fulfilled his word that he hath spoken: and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord hath spoken, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 36:19And they burnt the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and all her palaces they burnt with fire, and all her costly vessels they gave up to destruction.
Isaiah 64:11(64:10) Our holy and beautiful house where our fathers praised thee, is burnt up with fire; and all our costly things are become ruins.
Lamentations 2:2The Lord hath destroyed and hath not pitied all the habitation of Jacob: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong-holds of the daughter of Judah: he hath thrown them down to the ground; he hath defiled the kingdom and its princes.
Ezekiel 7:24Therefore will I bring the worst of nations, and they shall take possession of their houses: I will also cause the pride of the mighty to cease; and their holy places shall be polluted.
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 →