Psalms 74:6

But, now, the doors thereof all together, with axes and hammers, they batter down.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5One used to be known according as he carried up high—into the thicket of trees—the axes;

7They have cast, into the fire, thy sanctuary, To the ground, have they profaned the habitation of thy Name.

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Cross References

1 Kings 6:29And, all the walls of the house round about, carved he with figures of cherubim, and palm-trees, and festoons of flowers,—within and without.

1 Kings 6:35And he carved cherubim, and palm-trees, and festoons of flowers, and overlaid them with gold, smoothed out on 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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