Psalms 74:8 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 74:8

They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.

BSB

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ASV

They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

KJV

They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

They said in their hearts, let us destroy them together,.... The Targum is, "their children, are together;'' or "their kindred", as the Septuagint Vulgate Latin, Ethiopic, and Arabic versions, taking the word to be of נין, which signifies a "son"; and the sense to be, that seeing they were all together, as the Jews were at the taking of Jerusalem, they might be cut off at once.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Destroy them - All at once. So they intended, although afterwards they changed their council, and carried some away captive. Burnt up - All the public places wherein the Jews used to meet together to worship God every sabbath-day.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 3 (1872)

They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together. It was no idle wish, their cruelty was sincere, deep seated, a matter of their inmost heart. Extirpation was the desire of Haman, and the aim of many another tyrant; not a remnant of the people of God would have been left if oppressors could have had their way. Pharaoh's policy to stamp out the nation has been a precedent for others, yet the Jews survive, and will: the bush though burning has not been consumed.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אָמְר֣וּ	'a.me.Ru	they said	H559 →
בְ֭לִבָּם	Ve.li.bom	in heart their	H3820 →
נִינָ֣ם	ni.Nam	let us oppress them	H3238 →
יָ֑חַד	Ya.chad	altogether	H3162 →
שָׂרְפ֖וּ	sa.re.Fu	they burned	H8313 →
כָל־	khol-	all	H3605 →
מוֹעֲדֵי־	mo.'a.dei-	[the] appointed places of	H4150 →
אֵ֣ל	'el	God	H410 →
בָּאָֽרֶץ׃	ba.'A.retz	in the land	H776 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 4:23
Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
leads to
- Matthew 9:35
  Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness.
- Mark 1:39
  So He went throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.
- Luke 7:22
  So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and…
- Acts 10:38
  how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
- Matthew 11:5
  The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
Through
Psalms 83:4
saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
leads to
- Jeremiah 48:2
  There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will…
- Jeremiah 11:19
  For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from…
- Esther 3:6–9
  And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of…

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms