Psalm 74:7 “They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the d…”

Psalm 74:7

They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

World English Bible

They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name.

American Standard Version

They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name by casting it to the ground.

Geneva Bible 1599

They haue cast thy Sanctuarie into the fire, and rased it to the grounde, and haue defiled the dwelling place of thy Name.

Darby Translation

They have set on fire thy sanctuary, they have profaned the habitation of thy name to the ground.

Young's Literal Translation

They have sent into fire Thy sanctuary, to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name,

Bible in Basic English

They have put on fire your holy place; they have made the place of your name unclean, pulling it down to the earth.

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Cross references

“cast fire into thy sanctuary”

2 Kings 25:9 Isaiah 64:11 Matthew 22:7

2 Kings 25:9 · BSB

He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

Isaiah 64:11 · BSB

Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.

Matthew 22:7 · BSB

The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.

“defiled”

Psalm 89:39 Ezekiel 24:21

Psalm 89:39 · BSB

You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.

Ezekiel 24:21 · BSB

Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left beh…

“dwelling”

Deuteronomy 12:5 Exodus 20:24 1 Kings 8:20

Deuteronomy 12:5 · BSB

Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.

Exodus 20:24 · BSB

You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless…

1 Kings 8:20 · BSB

Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

Also

Lamentations 2:2

Lamentations 2:2 · BSB

Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.

8They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.

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