Psalms 74:6

6 Beat down the doors with sledgehammers, then split them into kindling.

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 While your people were at worship, your enemies barged in, brawling and scrawling graffiti.

5 They set fire to the porch; axes swinging, they chopped up the woodwork,

6 Beat down the doors with sledgehammers, then split them into kindling.

7 They burned your holy place to the ground, violated the place of worship.

8 They said to themselves, "We'll wipe them all out," and burned down all the places of worship.