Isaiah 37:19

And have cast eloheihem into the eish; for they were no elohim, but the ma'aseh yedei adam, etz and even (stone); therefore they have destroyed them.

Orthodox Jewish 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, Hashem, the melachim of Ashur have laid waste all the countries and their lands,

20Now therefore, Hashem Eloheinu, save us from his yad, that kol mamlechot ha'aretz may know that Thou art Hashem, even Thou only.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:21And there they left their atzabim, and Dovid and his anashim burned them.

Isaiah 10:7But he intendeth not so, 1 neither doth his mind so consider; 1 but it is in his lev 1 to make an end of Goyim not a few. 1

Isaiah 10:10Just as my yad hath found 1 the mamlechot haelil, 1 whose pesilim (molten images) did excel 1 them of Yerushalayim and of Shomron; 1

Isaiah 26:14They are mesim (dead ones), they shall not live; 1 they are refa'im (dead ones), + 26:14 See Job 26:5 they shall not rise; 1 therefore Thou hast visited and destroyed them, 1 and made all their zekher (memory) to perish. 1

Isaiah 40:19The charash (workman, craftsman) melteth a pesel (idol, image), 1 and the goldsmith overlayeth it with zahav, 1 and casteth for it chains of kesef. 1

Isaiah 41:24See, ye are of nothing, 1 and your work of nought; 1 a toevah (abomination) is he that chooseth you. 1

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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