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They looked like woodsmen
    cutting down trees with their axes.[a]
They smashed all the wooden panels
    with their axes and sledge hammers.
They wrecked your Temple and set it on fire;
    they desecrated the place where you are worshiped.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 74:5 Verse 5 in Hebrew is unclear.

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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