Add parallel Print Page Options

And now[a] its[b] carved works altogether
they have smashed with axe and hammer.
They have set fire to your sanctuary.
They have defiled to the ground,
the dwelling place for your name.
They have said in their heart,
“We will completely[c] oppress them.”
They burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 74:6 According to the reading tradition (Qere)
  2. Psalm 74:6 That is, the temple’s
  3. Psalm 74:8 Hebrew “altogether”

They smashed all the carved(A) paneling
    with their axes and hatchets.
They burned your sanctuary to the ground;
    they defiled(B) the dwelling place(C) of your Name.(D)
They said in their hearts, “We will crush(E) them completely!”
    They burned(F) every place where God was worshiped in the land.

Read full chapter