Psalms 74:6

6 They smashed all the wooden panels with their axes and sledge 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 Your enemies have shouted in triumph in your Temple; they have placed their flags there as signs of victory.

5 They looked like woodsmen cutting down trees with their axes.

6 They smashed all the wooden panels with their axes and sledge hammers.

7 They wrecked your Temple and set it on fire; they desecrated the place where you are worshiped.

8 They wanted to crush us completely; they burned down every holy place in the land.