Psalms 74:7
They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
Psalms 74:7 in other translations
| BSB | They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name. |
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| WEB | They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name. |
| ASV | They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name by casting it to the ground. |
| YLT | They have sent into fire Thy sanctuary, to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name, |
| DARBY | They have set on fire thy sanctuary, they have profaned the habitation of thy name to the ground. |
| BBE | They have put on fire your holy place; they have made the place of your name unclean, pulling it down to the earth. |
| Webster | They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling-place of thy name to the ground. |
What does Psalms 74:7 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 74:1-11
This psalm appears to describe the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple by the Chaldeans. The deplorable case of the people of God, at the time, is spread before the Lord, and left with him. They plead the great things God had done for them. If the deliverance of Israel out of Egypt was encouragement to hope that he would not cast them off, much more reason have we to believe, that God will not cast off any whom…
Psalms 74:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 74:7
- 2 Kings 25:9
And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he with fire.
- Psalms 89:39
Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
- Isaiah 64:11
Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
- Deuteronomy 12:5
But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
- Ezekiel 24:21
Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.
- Matthew 22:7
But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
- 1 Kings 8:20
And the Lord hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
- Exodus 20:24
An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
- Lamentations 2:2
The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
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Context
- Psalms 74:6
But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
- Psalms 74:7
They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
- Psalms 74:8
They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
Psalms 74:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Han puesto á fuego tus santuarios, han profanado el tabernáculo de tu nombre echándolo á tierra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ils ont mis le feu à ton sanctuaire, ils ont profané par terre la demeure de ton nom; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sie haben dein Heiligtum in Brand gesteckt, zu Boden entweiht die Wohnung deines Namens. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quia neque ab oriente, neque ab occidente, neque a desertis montibus: |