Psalms 74:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

They say to themselves,“We will oppress all of them.” They burn down all the places where people worship God in the land.

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  • Ps 83:4 : 4 They say,“Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”
  • Ps 137:7 : 7 Remember, O LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said,“Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!”
  • Matt 4:23 : 23 Jesus’ Healing Ministry Jesus went throughout all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and sickness among the people.
  • 2 Kgs 2:3 : 3 Some members of the prophetic guild in Bethel came out to Elisha and said,“Do you know that today the LORD is going to take your master from you?” He answered,“Yes, I know. Be quiet.”
  • 2 Kgs 2:5 : 5 Some members of the prophetic guild in Jericho approached Elisha and said,“Do you know that today the LORD is going to take your master from you?” He answered,“Yes, I know. Be quiet.”
  • 2 Kgs 4:23 : 23 He said,“Why do you want to go see him today? It is not the new moon or the Sabbath.” She said,“Everything’s fine.”
  • 2 Chr 17:9 : 9 They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the scroll of the law of the LORD. They traveled to all the cities of Judah and taught the people.
  • Esth 3:8-9 : 8 Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus,“There is a particular people that is dispersed and spread among the inhabitants throughout all the provinces of your kingdom whose laws differ from those of all other peoples. Furthermore, they do not observe the king’s laws. It is not appropriate for the king to provide a haven for them. 9 If the king is so inclined, let an edict be issued to destroy them. I will pay 10,000 talents of silver to be conveyed to the king’s treasuries for the officials who carry out this business.”

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  • Ps 74:6-7
    2 verses
    85%

    6And now they are tearing down all its engravings with axes and crowbars.

    7They set your sanctuary on fire; they desecrate your dwelling place by knocking it to the ground.

  • Ps 83:3-5
    3 verses
    78%

    3They carefully plot against your people, and make plans to harm the ones you cherish.

    4They say,“Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”

    5Yes, they devise a unified strategy; they form an alliance against you.

  • Ps 83:12-14
    3 verses
    75%

    12who said,“Let’s take over the pastures of God!”

    13O my God, make them like dead thistles, like dead weeds blown away by the wind!

    14Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides,

  • 7For they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his home.

  • 11Our holy temple, our pride and joy, the place where our ancestors praised you, has been burned with fire; all our prized possessions have been destroyed.

  • Lam 3:65-66
    2 verses
    74%

    65Give them a distraught heart; may your curse be on them!

    66Pursue them in anger and eradicate them from under the LORD’s heaven.

  • 19They burned down the God’s temple and tore down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned all its fortified buildings and destroyed all its valuable items.

  • Ps 69:24-25
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    72%

    24Pour out your judgment on them! May your raging anger overtake them!

    25May their camp become desolate, their tents uninhabited!

  • 10Condemn them, O God! May their own schemes be their downfall! Drive them away because of their many acts of insurrection, for they have rebelled against you.

  • 1A psalm of Asaph. O God, foreigners have invaded your chosen land; they have polluted your holy temple and turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins.

  • 8They feed on the sin offerings of my people; their appetites long for their iniquity!

  • Ps 73:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8They mock and say evil things; they proudly threaten violence.

    9They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth.

  • 20‘Surely our enemies are destroyed, and fire consumes their wealth.’

  • 9We do not see any signs of God’s presence; there are no longer any prophets and we have no one to tell us how long this will last.

  • 71%

    3They say,“Let’s tear off the shackles they’ve put on us! Let’s free ourselves from their ropes!”

  • Ps 21:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the LORD angrily devours them; the fire consumes them.

    10You destroy their offspring from the earth, their descendants from among the human race.

  • 18They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them.

  • 19They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them.

  • 6ו(Vav) He destroyed his temple as if it were a vineyard; he destroyed his appointed meeting place. The LORD has made those in Zion forget both the festivals and the Sabbaths. In his fierce anger he has spurned both king and priest.

  • 11They attack me, now they surround me; they intend to throw me to the ground.

  • 3Hurry to the permanent ruins, and to all the damage the enemy has done to the temple!

  • 13Angrily wipe them out! Wipe them out so they vanish! Let them know that God rules in Jacob and to the ends of the earth!(Selah)

  • 18For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.

  • 6They approach him, all the while plotting against him. Their hearts are like an oven; their anger smolders all night long, but in the morning it bursts into a flaming fire.

  • 10They burned all their towns where they lived and all their encampments.

  • 16It is burned and cut down. They die because you are displeased with them.

  • Ps 73:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.

    19How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!

  • 18Fire burned their group; the flames scorched the wicked.

  • 15May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.

  • 2for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm.

  • 25Do not let them say to themselves,“Aha! We have what we wanted!” Do not let them say,“We have devoured him!”

  • 14Israel has forgotten his Maker and built royal palaces, and Judah has built many fortified cities. But I will send fire on their cities; it will consume their royal citadels.

  • 4ד(Dalet) He prepared his bow like an enemy; his right hand was ready to shoot. Like a foe he killed everyone, even our strong young men; he has poured out his anger like fire on the tent of Daughter Zion.

  • 5O LORD, they crush your people; they oppress the nation that belongs to you.

  • 2As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. As wax melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.

  • 2who plan ways to harm me. All day long they stir up conflict.

  • 2 Chr 29:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7They closed the doors of the temple porch and put out the lamps; they did not offer incense or burnt sacrifices in the sanctuary of the God of Israel.

    8The LORD was angry at Judah and Jerusalem and made them an appalling object of horror at which people hiss out their scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.

  • 27make their descendants die among the nations, and scatter them among foreign lands.

  • 16because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins, but wrath has come upon them completely.