But now they break down the carved work thereof with axes and hammers.

They have cast thy Sanctuary into the fire, and razed it to the ground, and have defiled the dwelling place of thy Name.

They said in their [a]hearts, Let us destroy them altogether: they have burnt all the Synagogues of God in the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 74:8 They encouraged one another to cruelty, that not only God’s people might be destroyed, but also his religion utterly in all places suppressed.

They smashed all the carved(A) paneling
    with their axes and hatchets.
They burned your sanctuary to the ground;
    they defiled(B) the dwelling place(C) of your Name.(D)
They said in their hearts, “We will crush(E) them completely!”
    They burned(F) every place where God was worshiped in the land.

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