Psalms 74:6
and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
In Context
5like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees
7They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.
Cross References
1 Kings 6:29Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
1 Kings 6:35He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.
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 →