Isaiah 36:20

¹⁸ Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

¹⁹ Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?

Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”

²¹ But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”

²² Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.

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.

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BSB: Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”
KJV: Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
WEB: Who are they among all the gods of these countries that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?’”
ASV: Who are they among all the gods of these countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
DARBY: Who are they among all the gods of these countries that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
BLB: Who among all the gods of these lands [are] they who have delivered their lands from my hand, that YHWH might deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”

ÅB: Hvem er det blant alle disse lands guder som har reddet sitt land av min hånd, så Herren skulle redde Jerusalem av min hånd?
OTB: Hvem blant alle gudene i disse landene har reddet sitt land fra min hånd, så Herren skulle redde Jerusalem fra min hånd?»
B1930: Hvem er det blandt alle disse lands guder som har reddet sitt land av min hånd, så Herren skulde redde Jerusalem av min hånd?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Chronicles 32:19
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.
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Psalms 50:21
You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
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Daniel 3:15
Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I have made. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”
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2 Kings 19:22–37
Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
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Isaiah 37:23–29
Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
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Isaiah 37:18–19
Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands.
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Isaiah 45:16–17
They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.
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1 Kings 20:23
Meanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they prevailed over us. Instead, we should fight them on the plains; surely then we will prevail.
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