2 Kings 19:18
16 Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
17 Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste these nations and their lands.
They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
19 And now, O LORD our God, please save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
20 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.
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- ÅB
- og de har kastet deres guder i ilden; for de er ikke guder, men et verk av menneskehender, tre og stein, og derfor kunne de gjøre dem til intet.
- OTB
- og har kastet deres guder i ilden, for de var ikke guder, men bare menneskehenders verk, tre og stein. Så de har ødelagt dem.
- B1930
- og de har kastet deres guder i ilden; for de er ikke guder, men et verk av menneskehender, tre og sten, og derfor kunde de gjøre dem til intet.
- BSB
- They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
- KJV
- And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
- WEB
- and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them.
- ASV
- and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men`s hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.
- DARBY
- and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore have they destroyed them.
- BLB
- and they have given their gods into the fire, for they [were] not gods, but rather the work of the hands of men—wood and stone. And they have destroyed them.
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Acts 17:29
Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.
Les i sammenhengJeremiah 10:3–9
For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.
Les i sammenhengIsaiah 44:9–20
All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.
Les i sammenhengJeremiah 10:14–16
Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
Les i sammenheng2 Samuel 5:21
There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.
Les i sammenhengIsaiah 46:1–2
Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.
Les i sammenhengIsaiah 37:18–19
Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands.
Les i sammenhengPsalms 115:4–8
Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
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