“They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.”
The statement that enemies have set fire to the sanctuary and profaned the dwelling articulates the burning and profanation of the holy space. The fire represents ultimate destruction; the profanation indicates the ultimate violation. This verse articulates the totality of the desecration.
Church Fathers on Psalms 74:7
1. This Psalm's Title is, “Of the Understanding of Asaph.” Asaph in Latin is translated congregation, in Greek Synagogue. Let us see what this Synagogue has understood. But let us understand firstly Synagogue: from thence we shall understand what the Synagogue has understood. Every congregation is spoken of under the general name of Synagogue: one both of beasts and of men may be called a congregation; but here there is no congregation of beasts when we heard…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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