then smashing all the carvings
with hatchets and picks.(A)
They set Your sanctuary on fire;
they utterly[a] desecrated
the dwelling place of Your name.(B)
They said in their hearts,
“Let us oppress them relentlessly.”
They burned down every place throughout the land
where God met with us.[b](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 74:7 Lit they to the ground
  2. Psalm 74:8 Lit every meeting place of God in the land

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