Isaiah 37:19
17 Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
18 Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries 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.
20 And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
21 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,
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- 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; and they have destroyed them.
- BLB
- and have given their gods into the fire—for they [are] not gods, but only the work of the hands of man—wood and stone; and they have destroyed them.
- 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 ingen guder, men menneskehenders verk, tre og stein. Derfor ble de ødelagt.
- 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.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 115:4–8
Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:19–21
To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?
Read in contextIsaiah 10:9–11
“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
Read in contextHosea 8:6
For this thing is from Israel— a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.
Read in contextExodus 32:20
Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.
Read in contextIsaiah 41:29
See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.
Read in contextIsaiah 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.
Read in contextIsaiah 36:18–20
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?
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