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Sálmarnir 74:3
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Lift: Psalms 44:23, Psalms 44:26, Joshua 10:24, 2 Samuel 22:39-43, Isaiah 10:6, Isaiah 25:10, Isaiah 63:3-6, Micah 1:3
the perpetual: Psalms 102:13, Psalms 102:14, Nehemiah 1:3, Nehemiah 2:3, Nehemiah 2:13, Isaiah 64:10, Isaiah 64:11, Daniel 9:17, Micah 3:12, Luke 21:24, Revelation 11:2
all: Psalms 79:1, Jeremiah 52:13, Lamentations 1:10, Daniel 8:11-14, Daniel 9:27, Daniel 11:31, Mark 11:17
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:31 - and bring 2 Kings 25:9 - he burnt Psalms 7:6 - lift up Isaiah 25:5 - shalt bring Isaiah 63:18 - our Jeremiah 14:21 - disgrace Jeremiah 51:11 - the vengeance Jeremiah 51:51 - for strangers Lamentations 2:7 - they have Lamentations 5:18 - of the Ezekiel 5:14 - I will 1 Corinthians 3:17 - any
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations,.... That is, arise, hasten, move swiftly, and in the greatness of strength, and come and see the desolations made by the enemy, which look as if they would remain for ever; meaning either the desolations made in the city and temple of Jerusalem, either by Nebuchadnezzar, or by Titus; or the havocs and devastations made in the church of God by the tyranny and persecutions of antichrist; which have continued so long, that an end of them has been almost despaired of. So Jacob is said to "lift up his feet"; which we render went on his way, Genesis 29:1. Some take these words in a different sense, as a prayer for the destruction of the church's enemies; so the Targum,
"lift up thy feet or goings, to make desolate the nations for ever;''
and Kimchi makes but one sentence of this and the following clause, and reads it thus,
"lift up thy feet, to make desolate for ever every enemy that does wickedly in the sanctuary:''
but the accent "athnach", which divides propositions, and is upon the word נצח, forbids such a reading. The former sense is best, and most agreeable to the context;
even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary; by profaning and destroying the temple, as did Nebuchadnezzar, Antiochus, and Titus; or by antichrist sitting in the temple and church of God, setting up idolatrous worship in it, and blaspheming the tabernacle of God, and those that dwell therein, 2 Thessalonians 2:4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Lift up thy feet - That is, Advance, or draw near. Come and look directly and personally on the desolations which now exist in the holy city.
Unto the perpetual desolations - Hebrew, “the ruins of perpetuity,” or eternity; that is, such as have been long continued, and threaten to continue forever. The ruin had not suddenly come, and it did not seem likely soon to pass away, but appeared to be entire and permanent. The destruction of the city seemed to be complete and final.
Even all that the enemy hath done wickedly - That is, with wicked intent and purpose. The reference seems to be to the Chaldeans, and to the ruin which they had brought upon the temple and city.
In the sanctuary - That is, either Jerusalem, considered as a holy place; or the temple, the place of the public worship of God.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 74:3. Lift up thy feet — Arise, and return to us, our desolations still continue. Thy sanctuary is profaned by thine and our enemies.