Isaiah 37:19
And they have thrown all the idols of those nations into fires and burned them. But they were not really gods. They were only idols made of wood and stone, and that is why they were destroyed easily.
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2 Samuel 5:21The Philistia men left their idols there; so David and his soldiers took them away.
Isaiah 10:7But the king of Assyria does not understand, he does not realize that he is only like a weapon in my hand. He wants only to destroy people, to get rid of many nations.
Isaiah 10:10We were able to destroy all those kingdoms that were full of idols, kingdoms whose idols were greater than the idols in Jerusalem and Samaria.
Isaiah 26:14Those who ruled us are now gone; they are dead; their spirits have left this earth, and they will not become alive again. You punished those rulers and got rid of them, and people do not even remember them any more.
Isaiah 40:19Can you compare him to an idol that is made in a mold, and then is covered with a thin sheet of gold and decorated with silver chains?
Isaiah 41:24But that is impossible, because idols are absolutely worthless [HYP]; they can do nothing, and I detest those who decide to worship idols.”
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 →