It was like men in a thicket of trees,
wielding axes,(A)
then smashing all the carvings
with hatchets and picks.(B)
They set Your sanctuary on fire;
they utterly[a] desecrated
the dwelling place of Your name.(C)

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  1. Psalm 74:7 Lit they to the ground

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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