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Why Have You Rejected Us Forever?

Psalms 74:7

In 11 translations

BSB
They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.
KJV
They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.They have cast…: Heb. They have sent thy sanctuary unto the fire
WEB
They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name.
ASV
They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name by casting it to the ground.
LSV
They have sent Your sanctuary into fire, || They defiled the Dwelling Place of Your Name to the earth,
YLT
They have sent into fire Thy sanctuary, to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name,
DBY
They have set on fire thy sanctuary, they have profaned the habitation of thy name to the ground.
DRC73:7
They have set fire to thy sanctuary: they have defiled the dwelling place of thy name on the earth.
GNV
They haue cast thy Sanctuarie into the fire, and rased it to the grounde, and haue defiled the dwelling place of thy Name.
JPS
They have set Thy sanctuary on fire; they have profaned the dwelling-place of Thy name even to the ground.
LXXE73:7
They have burnt thy sanctuary with fire to the ground; they have profaned the habitation of thy name.Gr. tabernacle.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
שִׁלְח֣וּ בָ֭אֵשׁ מִקְדָּשֶׁ֑ךָ לָ֝אָ֗רֶץ חִלְּל֥וּ מִֽשְׁכַּן־שְׁמֶֽךָ׃
LXX-Br73:7
Ἐνεπύρισαν ἐν πυρὶ τὸ ἁγιαστήριόν σου εἰς τὴν γῆν, ἐβεβήλωσαν τὸ σκήνωμα τοῦ ὀνόματός σου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Kings 25:9He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
  • Ezekiel 24:21Tell 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…
  • Psalms 89:39You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
  • Deuteronomy 12:5Instead, 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.
  • Matthew 22:7The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.
  • Isaiah 64:11Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.
  • Exodus 20:24You 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…
  • 1 Kings 8:20Now 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.
  • Lamentations 2:2Without 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.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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