Psalms 74:7
They set your sanctuary on fire; 1 they desecrated where you live, knocking it to the ground. 1
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6They smashed and broke down all the engravings; 1 they broke them with axes and hammers. 1
Cross References
Leviticus 26:31I will turn your cities into ruins and destroy your sanctuaries. I will not be pleased with the aroma of your offerings.
1 Kings 8:20Yahweh has carried out the word that he had said, for I have arisen in the place of David my father, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised. I have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 36:19They burned down the house of God, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces, and destroyed all the beautiful things in it.
Isaiah 64:11Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised you, 1 has been destroyed by fire, and all that was so dear is in ruins. 1
Lamentations 2:2The Lord has swallowed up and has had no compassion on all the towns of Jacob. 1 In the days of his anger he has thrown down the fortified cities of the daughter of Judah; 1 in dishonor he has brought down to the ground the kingdom and its rulers. 1
Ezekiel 7:24So I will bring the most wicked of the nations, and they will possess their houses, 1 and I will bring an end to the pride of the mighty, for their holy places will be defiled! 1
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 →