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2 Chronicles 32:19

Jerusalem

17 He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.

18 Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.

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.

20 And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.

21 And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

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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)

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Cross references

  • 2 Kings 19:18

    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.

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  • Isaiah 2:8

    Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:

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  • 2 Chronicles 6:6

    But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

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  • Jeremiah 10:9

    Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.

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  • Psalms 132:13–14

    For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.

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  • Job 15:25–26

    For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

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  • 2 Chronicles 32:13–17

    Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?

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  • Psalms 10:13–14

    Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

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