"But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers."
Commentary
Gill's Exposition
But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. Formerly it was an honour to be employed in cutting down a tree for the
building of the temple; but now so little regard was paid to it, that all its fine carved work, which Solomon made, Kg1 6:18 , was demolished at once in a rude and furious manner with axes and hammers; which was done either by the Chaldeans in Nebuchadnezzar's time, or by the Syrians in the times of Antiochus, or by the Romans in the times of Vespasian; the first seems intended; see Jer 46:22 .
Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)
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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. Formerly it was an honour to be employed in cutting down a tree for the
building of the temple; but now so little regard was paid to it, that all its fine carved work, which Solomon made, Kg1 6:18 , was demolished at once in a rude and furious manner with axes and hammers; which was done either by the Chaldeans in Nebuchadnezzar's time, or by the Syrians in the times of Antiochus, or by the Romans in the times of Vespasian; the first seems intended; see Jer 46:22 .