2 Chronicles 32:19
17 He also wrote letters mocking the LORD, the God of Israel, and saying against Him: “Just as the gods of the nations did not deliver their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.”
18 Then the Assyrians called out loudly in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them in order to capture the city.
They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.
20 In response, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out to heaven in prayer,
21 and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.
- KJV
- And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.
- WEB
- They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.
- ASV
- And they spake of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men`s hands.
- DARBY
- And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of man's hand.
- BLB
- And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the people of the earth—the work of the hands of men.
- ÅB
- og de talte om Jerusalems Gud på samme vis som om folkenes guder på jorden, de som er et verk av menneskehender.
- OTB
- De talte om Jerusalems Gud som om gudene til folkene på jorden, verk av menneskehender.
- B1930
- og de talte om Jerusalems Gud på samme vis som om folkenes guder på jorden, de som er et verk av menneskehender.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Kings 19:18
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.
Read in contextIsaiah 2:8
Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
Read in context2 Chronicles 6:6
But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
Read in contextJeremiah 10:9
Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz— the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.
Read in contextPsalms 132:13–14
For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
Read in contextJob 15:25–26
For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
Read in context2 Chronicles 32:13–17
Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?
Read in contextPsalms 10:13–14
Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
Read in context