Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD or what His hands have done, He will tear them down and never rebuild them.
Cross References
Psalm 2:9You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery."
Psalm 10:5He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
Isaiah 5:12At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
Treasury of Scripture
Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
Because
Psalm 10:5
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
Psalm 92:4-6
For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands…
Psalm 104:24
O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
operation
Psalm 8:3
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
Psalm 19:1,2
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork…
Numbers 23:23
Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
not build
2 Samuel 7:13,27
He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever…
1 Kings 11:38
And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
Jeremiah 31:4
Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
