Bible in Basic English
"They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees."
— Psalms 74:5, Bible in Basic English
“A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.”
“They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees. ”
“They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.”
“They invade like lumberjacks swinging their axes in a thick forest.”
“I said to the wicked: Do not act wickedly: and to the sinners: Lift not up the horn.”
“A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.”
Keep in mind your band of worshippers, for whom you gave payment in the days which are past, whom you took for yourself as the people of your heritage; even this mountain of Zion, which has been your resting-place.
Go up and see the unending destruction; all the evil which your haters have done in the holy place;
Sending out their voices like lions among your worshippers; they have put up their signs to be seen.
They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees.
Your doors are broken down with hammers and iron blades.
They have put on fire your holy place; they have made the place of your name unclean, pulling it down to the earth.
They have said in their hearts, Let us put an end to them all together; they have given over to the fire all God's places of worship in the land.