Psalms 74:7

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

In Context

6But, now, the doors thereof all together, with axes and hammers, they batter down.

8They have said in their heart, Let us suppress them altogether, They have burned up all the meeting-places of GOD in the land.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:31And I will give your cities unto desolation, And make your holy places dumb,—And will find no fragrance in your satisfying odour;

1 Kings 8:20So then Yahweh hath established his word which he spake,—and I have been raised up in the room of David my father, and have taken my seat upon the throne of Israel, as spake Yahweh, and have built the house for the Name of Yahweh, God of Israel;

2 Chronicles 36:19and they burned the house of God, and threw down the wall of Jerusalem,—and, all the palaces thereof, burned they with fire, and, all the precious vessels thereof, he destroyed;

Isaiah 64:11Our holy and our beautiful house Where our fathers praised thee, Hath become a conflagration,—And, all our delightful places, are in ruins!

Lamentations 2:2My Lord hath swallowed up—without pity—all the pastures of Jacob, hath laid waste—in his indignation—the strongholds of the daughter of Judah, hath brought them down to the ground,—hath profaned the kingdom, and the princes thereof.

Ezekiel 7:24So then I will bring in the wicked ones of the nations, And they shall take possession of their houses,—And I will cause to cease the pomp of the strong ones, And their holy places shall be profaned.

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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