“They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.”
The declaration that enemies said they would completely subdue all the meeting places articulates the enemies' intention to eliminate all possibility of covenant community worship. The reference to meeting places indicates all the locations where God was worshipped. This verse articulates the enemies' purpose: to destroy the possibility of relationship with God.
Church Fathers on Psalms 74:8
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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