Psalms 74:8

They said in their hearts, “Let us destroy them all together!” They have burned all God's places of assembly in the land.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

In Context

7They have cast fire into thy sanctuary; They have profaned, and cast to the ground, the dwelling-place of thy name.

9We no longer see our signs; There is no prophet among us, Nor any one that knoweth how long this desolation shall endure.

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Cross References

Psalms 83:4“Come,” say they, “let us blot them out from the number of the nations, That the name of Israel may no more be remembered!”

Psalms 137:7Remember, O LORD! against the children of Edom The day of the calamity of Jerusalem! Who said, “Raze it, Raze it to its foundations!”

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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