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At the upper entrance they hacked
    the wooden trellis with axes.[a]
And then, with hatchets and hammers,
    they smashed all its carved work.
They set your sanctuary on fire;
    they desecrated the dwelling place of your name,
    bringing it to the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 74:5 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Meaning of Heb 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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