A moment in scripture
Psalms 74:6
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But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 74:4
Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
- Psalms 74:5
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
- Psalms 74:7
They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
- Psalms 74:8
They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.