Psalms 74:4
2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,
- KJV
- Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
- WEB
- Your adversaries have roared in the middle of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs.
- ASV
- Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs.
- DARBY
- Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy place of assembly; they set up their signs [for] signs.
- BLB
- Your adversaries have roared within Your meeting place; they have set up their signs [for] signs.
- ÅB
- Dine motstandere har brølt midt i ditt forsamlingshus; de har satt sine egne tegn opp til tegn.
- OTB
- Dine fiender brøler i hjertet av ditt møtested;
De har satt opp sine egne merker som symboler. - B1930
- Dine motstandere har brølt midt i ditt forsamlingshus; de har satt sine egne tegn op til tegn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Lamentations 2:7
The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.
Read in contextMatthew 24:15
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Read in contextNumbers 2:2
Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father’s house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
Read in contextDaniel 6:27
He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
Read in context2 Chronicles 36:17
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
Read in contextRevelation 13:6
And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
Read in contextLuke 21:20
And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
Read in contextLuke 13:1
There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilæans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
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