They were like those who swing (A)axes
    in a forest of trees.[a]
And all its (B)carved wood
    they broke down with hatchets and hammers.
They (C)set your sanctuary on fire;
    they (D)profaned (E)the dwelling place of your name,
    bringing it down to the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 74:5 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

They behaved like men wielding axes
    to cut through a thicket of trees.(A)
They smashed all the carved(B) paneling
    with their axes and hatchets.
They burned your sanctuary to the ground;
    they defiled(C) the dwelling place(D) of your Name.(E)

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