Isaiah 37:19

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.

Majority Standard Bible

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

18Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands.

20And 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.”

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:21There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.

Isaiah 10:7But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.

Isaiah 10:10As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

Isaiah 26:14The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.

Isaiah 40:19To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?

Isaiah 41:24Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.

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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