He burned the Lord’s temple,(A) the king’s palace,(B) and all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down(C) all the great houses.

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He set fire(A) to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.(B)

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And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.

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It was like men in a thicket of trees,
wielding axes,(A)
then smashing all the carvings
with hatchets and picks.(B)
They set Your sanctuary on fire;
they utterly[a] desecrated
the dwelling place of Your name.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 74:7 Lit they to the ground

They behaved like men wielding axes
    to cut through a thicket of trees.(A)
They smashed all the carved(B) paneling
    with their axes and hatchets.
They burned your sanctuary to the ground;
    they defiled(C) the dwelling place(D) of your Name.(E)

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A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.

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

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18 Your holy people had a possession[a]
for a little while,
but our enemies have trampled down
Your sanctuary.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 63:18 Or Your people possessed Your holy place

18 For a little while(A) your people possessed your holy place,
    but now our enemies have trampled(B) down your sanctuary.(C)

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18 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

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38 See, your house is left to you desolate.(A)

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38 Look, your house is left to you desolate.(A)

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38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

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