What does Isaiah 37:19 mean?
ESV: 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 were destroyed.
NIV: They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.
NASB: and have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but only the work of human hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.
CSB: They have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but made from wood and stone by human hands. So they have destroyed them.
NLT: And they have thrown the gods of these nations into the fire and burned them. But of course the Assyrians could destroy them! They were not gods at all — only idols of wood and stone shaped by 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.
NKJV: and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were not gods, but the work of men’s hands—wood and stone. Therefore they destroyed them.
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Isaiah is among the most important prophetic books in the entire Bible. The first segment details God's impending judgment against ancient peoples for sin and idolatry (Isaiah 1—35). The second part of Isaiah briefly explains a failed assault on Jerusalem during the rule of Hezekiah (Isaiah 36—39). The final chapters predict Israel's rescue from Babylonian captivity (Isaiah 40—48), the promised Messiah (Isaiah 49—57), and the final glory of Jerusalem and God's people (Isaiah 58—66).
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