Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They burned your sanctuary to the ground; they defiled the dwelling place of your Name. New Living Translation They burned your sanctuary to the ground. They defiled the place that bears your name. English Standard Version They set your sanctuary on fire; they profaned the dwelling place of your name, bringing it down to the ground. Berean Standard Bible They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name. King James Bible They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. New King James Version They have set fire to Your sanctuary; They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground. New American Standard Bible They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name. NASB 1995 They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name. NASB 1977 They have burned Thy sanctuary to the ground; They have defiled the dwelling place of Thy name. Legacy Standard Bible They have set Your sanctuary on fire; By bringing it to the ground, they have defiled the dwelling place of Your name. Amplified Bible They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; They have profaned the dwelling place of Your name. Christian Standard Bible They set your sanctuary on fire; they utterly desecrated the dwelling place of your name. Holman Christian Standard Bible They set Your sanctuary on fire; they utterly desecrated 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. Contemporary English Version They burned down your temple and badly disgraced it. English Revised Version They have set thy sanctuary on fire; they have profaned the dwelling place of thy name even to the ground. GOD'S WORD® Translation They burned your holy place to the ground. They dishonored the place where you live among us. Good News Translation They wrecked your Temple and set it on fire; they desecrated the place where you are worshiped. International Standard Version They burned your sanctuary to the ground, desecrating your dwelling place. Majority Standard Bible They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name. NET Bible They set your sanctuary on fire; they desecrate your dwelling place by knocking it to the ground. New Heart English Bible They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThey have sent Your sanctuary into fire, "" They defiled the Dwelling Place of Your Name to the earth, Young's Literal Translation They have sent into fire Thy sanctuary, to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name, Smith's Literal Translation They cast thy holy place into fire, to the earth they defiled the tent of thy name. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThey have set fire to thy sanctuary: they have defiled the dwelling place of thy name on the earth. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible They set your sanctuary on fire, profaned your name’s abode by razing it to the ground. New Revised Standard Version They set your sanctuary on fire; they desecrated the dwelling place of your name, bringing it to the ground. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThey have set fire to and burned thy sanctuary; they have defiled the dwelling place of thy name on earth. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated They took and burned your holy place with fire and they defiled the Tabernacle of your Name in the land. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917They have set Thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of Thy name even to the ground. Brenton Septuagint Translation They have burnt thy sanctuary with fire to the ground; they have profaned the habitation of thy name. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Why Have You Rejected Us Forever?…6and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks. 7They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name. 8They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.… Cross References 2 Kings 25:9 He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building. Jeremiah 52:13 He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building. Lamentations 2:7 The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast. 2 Chronicles 36:19 Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value. Ezekiel 7:21-22 And I will hand these things over as plunder to foreigners and loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile them. / I will turn My face away from them, and they will defile My treasured place. Violent men will enter it, and they will defile it. Daniel 9:17 So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary. Isaiah 64:11 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. Nehemiah 1:3 And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.” Micah 3:12 Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge. Matthew 24:2 “Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” Mark 13:2 “Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” Luke 21:6 “As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” Acts 6:13-14 where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law. / For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.” John 2:19-21 Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.” / “This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?” / But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body. Revelation 11:1-2 Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there. / But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months. Treasury of Scripture They have cast fire into your sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of your name to the ground. cast fire into thy sanctuary. 2 Kings 25:9 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. Isaiah 64:11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste. Matthew 22:7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. defiled Psalm 89:39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. Ezekiel 24:21 Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword. dwelling Exodus 20:24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. Deuteronomy 12:5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: 1 Kings 8:20 And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. Jump to Previous Burned Cast Casting Defiled Desecrated Dwelling Dwelling-Place Fire Ground Habitation Holy Polluted Profaned Pulling Sanctuary Tabernacle UncleanJump to Next Burned Cast Casting Defiled Desecrated Dwelling Dwelling-Place Fire Ground Habitation Holy Polluted Profaned Pulling Sanctuary Tabernacle UncleanPsalm 74 1. The prophet complains of the desolation of the sanctuary10. He moves God to help in consideration of his power 18. Of his reproachful enemies, or his children and of his covenant. They have burned The phrase "They have burned" indicates an act of destruction and desecration. The Hebrew root word here is "שָׂרַף" (saraph), which means to burn or incinerate. Historically, this reflects the devastating actions of enemies against the sacred spaces of Israel, likely referring to the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. This act of burning is not just physical but symbolizes a spiritual assault on the worship and presence of God among His people. It serves as a reminder of the vulnerability of earthly structures and the need for divine protection. Your sanctuary to the ground they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name We learn from 1 Maccabees 4:38, and Josephus, Antt. xii., 7:6, that Judas Maccabaeus, in coming to restore the Temple, found that the gates had been burnt. Verse 7. - They have cast tire into thy sanctuary; or, they have set thy sanctuary fire (Revised Version). The temple of Solomon was burnt by Nebuchadnezzar (2 Kings 25:9; 2 Chronicles 36:19). That of Zerubbabel was never burnt, but was entirely rebuilt, and on a much larger scale, by Herod the Great. That of Herod the Great was burnt in the siege by Titus. They have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy Name to the ground (comp. Lamentations 2:6; Lamentations 4:1). The very foundations of the second temple had to be laid by Zerubbabel (Ezra 3:6, 12).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew They have burnedשִׁלְח֣וּ (šil·ḥū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out Your sanctuary מִקְדָּשֶׁ֑ךָ (miq·dā·še·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 4720: A consecrated thing, place, a palace, sanctuary, asylum {to the ground}; לָ֝אָ֗רֶץ (lā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land they have defiled חִלְּל֥וּ (ḥil·lə·lū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play the dwelling place מִֽשְׁכַּן־ (miš·kan-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4908: A residence, the Tabernacle of Your name. שְׁמֶֽךָ׃ (šə·me·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 8034: A name Links Psalm 74:7 NIVPsalm 74:7 NLT Psalm 74:7 ESV Psalm 74:7 NASB Psalm 74:7 KJV Psalm 74:7 BibleApps.com Psalm 74:7 Biblia Paralela Psalm 74:7 Chinese Bible Psalm 74:7 French Bible Psalm 74:7 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 74:7 They have burned your sanctuary to (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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