A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
The sanctuary in the verse is God's dwelling place built by Israel, first connected with the tabernacle and afterward with the temple on Mount Moriah. The lifting up of axes upon the thick trees describes that sanctuary being destroyed by fire and burned to the ground. The image of lifting an ax against the carved work of the sanctuary warns against hasty destruction and applies to modern critics who attack the foundations of Scripture and Christianity without sound investigation.
The sanctuary in the verse is God's dwelling place built by Israel, first connected with the tabernacle and afterward with the temple on Mount Moriah. The lifting up of axes upon the thick trees describes that sanctuary being destroyed by fire and burned to the ground. The image of lifting an ax against the carved work of the sanctuary warns against hasty destruction and applies to modern critics who attack the foundations of Scripture and Christianity without sound investigation.