Isaiah 37:19

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.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

18Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries, and their land,

20Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that Thou art the LORD, even Thou only.'

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:21And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away.

Isaiah 10:7Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.

Isaiah 10:10As my hand hath reached the kingdoms of the idols, whose graven images did exceed them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

Isaiah 26:14The dead live not, the shades rise not; to that end hast Thou punished and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

Isaiah 40:19The image perchance, which the craftsman hath melted, and the goldsmith spread over with gold, the silversmith casting silver chains?

Isaiah 41:24Behold, ye are nothing, and your work a thing of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 37:9-21

Prayer of Hezekiah. ( b. c. 710.) 8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. 9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11… Read the whole commentary →

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