They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.
Parallel translations
- WEB They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned 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.
- NKJV They have set fire to Your sanctuary; They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground.
- NASB They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name.
- NLT They burned your sanctuary to the ground. They defiled the place that bears your name.
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They burned God's sanctuary to the ground and profaned the dwelling place of his Name.
Overview
The climax of the desecration is the burning of the temple, the place God had chosen for his Name to dwell. To profane it was to assault God's honor directly. Yet this very loss prepares the way for the greater dwelling of God among his people in Christ and ultimately in the new creation (Revelation 21:3).
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Cross-references · 9
- 2 Kgs 25:9He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
- Ezek 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 behind will fall by the sword.’
- Matt 22:7The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.
- Ps 89:39You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
- Isa 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.
- Deut 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.
- Lam 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.
- 1 Kgs 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.
- Exod 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 bless you.
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