Psalms 74:6

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

Psalms 74:6 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 74:6

But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with
axes and hammers.
] Formerly it was an honour to be employed in cutting down a tree for the building of the temple; but now so little regard was paid to it, that all its fine carved work, which Solomon made, ( 1 Kings 6:18 1 Kings 6:29 1 Kings 6:30 ) , was demolished at once in a rude and furious manner with axes and hammers; which was done either by the Chaldeans in Nebuchadnezzar's time, or by the Syrians in the times of Antiochus, or by the Romans in the times of Vespasian; the first seems intended; see ( Jeremiah 46:22 Jeremiah 46:23 ) .

Psalms 74:6 In-Context

4 Thine enemies have roared in the midst of thy assemblies; they set up their own banners for signs.

5 Renowned, as one on the way to heaven, he who lifted up axes upon the thick trees for the work of the sanctuary.

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

7 They have set fire to thy sanctuaries; they have defiled the tabernacle of thy name in the earth.

8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them at once; they have burned up all the meeting places of the people of God in the earth.