“So the Lord has kept the promise that he gave. I am the king now in place of David my father. Now I rule the people of Israel like the Lord promised. And I built the temple for the Lord, the God of Israel.
Psalm 74:7 - Easy To Read Version Those soldiers burned your Holy Place.\par That temple was built to honor your name.\par But they pulled it down to the ground.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, They have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They have set Your sanctuary on fire; they have profaned the dwelling place of Your Name by casting it to the ground. American Standard Version (1901) They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name by casting it to the ground. Common English Bible They set fire to your sanctuary, burned it to the ground; they defiled the dwelling place of your name. Catholic Public Domain Version For it is neither from the east, nor from the west, nor before the desert mountains. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert hills: |
“So the Lord has kept the promise that he gave. I am the king now in place of David my father. Now I rule the people of Israel like the Lord promised. And I built the temple for the Lord, the God of Israel.
Nebuzaradan burned the Lord’s temple, [318] the king’s house, and all the houses in Jerusalem. He destroyed even the largest houses.
Nebuchadnezzar and his army burned the temple. They broke down Jerusalem’s wall and burned all the houses that belonged to the king and his officials. They took or destroyed every valuable thing in Jerusalem.
You rejected your agreement.\par You threw the king’s crown into the dirt.\par
“Make a special altar [130] for me. Use dirt to make this altar. Offer burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on this altar as a sacrifice [131] to me. Use your sheep and your cattle to do this. Do this in every place where I tell you to remember me. Then I will come and bless you.
Our ancestors worshiped you in\par our holy temple.\par Our temple was so wonderful,\par but now it has been burned in the fire!\par All our precious possessions\par have been destroyed.\par
Nebuzaradan burned the Lord’s temple. He also burned down the king’s house and all the houses of Jerusalem. He burned down every important building in Jerusalem.
The Lord destroyed the houses of Jacob. {\cf2\super [9]} \par He destroyed them without mercy.\par He destroyed in his anger\par the fortresses of the Daughter of Judah. {\cf2\super [10]} \par The Lord threw the kingdom of Judah\par and its rulers to the ground.\par He ruined the kingdom of Judah.\par
The Lord pulled up his own tent {\cf2\super [13]} \par as if it were a garden.\par He has ruined the place where the people\par went to meet to worship him.\par The Lord has made people forget\par the special assemblies\par and special days of rest {\cf2\super [14]} in Zion.\par The Lord rejected the king and the priests.\par He was angry and rejected them.\par
to speak to the family of Israel. The Lord my Master said, ‘Look, I will destroy my holy place. You are proud of that place and sing songs of praise about it. You love to see that place. You really love that place. \{But I will destroy that place\} and your children that you left behind will be killed in battle.
I will bring evil people from other nations. And those evil people will get all the houses of the people of Israel. I will stop all of you powerful people from being so proud. Those people from other nations will get all your places of worship. {\cf2\super [56]}
I will destroy your cities. I will make your holy places empty. I will stop smelling your offerings.
The king was very angry. The king sent his army to kill those people that killed his servants. And the army burned their city.
The Lord your God will choose a special place among your family groups. The Lord will put his name there. That will be his special house. You must go to that place to worship him.