English Standard Version
Psalms 74:7
7They set your sanctuary on fire; they profaned the dwelling place of your name, bringing it down to the ground.
Psalms 74:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
- New International Version (NIV)They burned your sanctuary to the ground; they defiled the dwelling place of your Name.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They have set fire to Your sanctuary; They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground.
- New Living Translation (NLT)They burned your sanctuary to the ground. They defiled the place that bears your name.
Context of Psalms 74:7
5They were like those who swing axes in a forest of trees. 6And all its carved wood they broke down with hatchets and hammers. They set your sanctuary on fire; they profaned the dwelling place of your name, bringing it down to the ground. 8They said to themselves, "We will utterly subdue them"; they burned all the meeting places of God in the land. 9We do not see our signs; there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long.
Read all of Psalms 74Psalms 74:7 word by word
שִׁלְח֣וּ בָ֭אֵשׁ מִקְדָּשֶׁ֑ךָ לָ֝אָ֗רֶץ חִלְּל֥וּ מִֽשְׁכַּן־שְׁמֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- They have castשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: burnH7971
- fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
- into thy sanctuaryמִקְדָּשׁmiqdâsh miqqedâsh · sanctuaryH4720
- they have defiledחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: profaneH2490
- the dwelling placeמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
- of thy nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
- to the groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
Cross-references for Psalms 74:7
- 2 Kings 25:9And he burned the house of the Lord and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.
- Isaiah 64:11Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, has been burned by fire, and all our pleasant places have become ruins.
- Matthew 22:7The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
- Psalms 89:39You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust.
- Ezekiel 24:21'Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the yearning of your soul, and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.
- Exodus 20:24An altar of earth you shall make for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you.
- Deuteronomy 12:5But you shall seek the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation there. There you shall go,
- 1 Kings 8:20Now the Lord has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
Commentaries on Psalms 74:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7They have cast fire into thy sanctuary - Into the temple to destroy it. Literally, “They have cast thy sanctuary into the fire.” The meaning is, that they had burned it down. This was actually done by the Chaldeans, 2 Kings 25:9; 2 Chronicles 36:19. They have defiled by casting down the dwelling-place of thy name to the ground - The place where thy name dwelt or was recorded Exodus 20:24; that is, the place where God‘s name was known, or where he was…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-8Like a guide, the psalmist points out to the Lord what took place during the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. defiled--or, "profaned," as in Psa 89:39.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 74
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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