Isaiah 37:19

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them.

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  • Exod 32:20 : 20 He took the calf they had made and burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, poured it out on the water, and made the Israelites drink it.
  • 2 Sam 5:21 : 21 The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men picked them up.
  • Ps 115:4-8 : 4 Their idols are made of silver and gold– they are man-made. 5 They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see, 6 ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell, 7 hands, but cannot touch, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot even clear their throats. 8 Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.
  • Isa 10:9-9 : 9 Is not Calneh like Carchemish? Hamath like Arpad? Samaria like Damascus? 10 I overpowered kingdoms ruled by idols, whose carved images were more impressive than Jerusalem’s or Samaria’s. 11 As I have done to Samaria and its idols, so I will do to Jerusalem and its idols.”
  • Isa 26:14 : 14 The dead do not come back to life, the spirits of the dead do not rise. That is because you came in judgment and destroyed them, you wiped out all memory of them.
  • Isa 36:18-20 : 18 Hezekiah is misleading you when he says,“The LORD will rescue us.” Has any of the gods of the nations rescued his land from the power of the king of Assyria? 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Indeed, did any gods rescue Samaria from my power? 20 Who among all the gods of these lands have rescued their lands from my power? So how can the LORD rescue Jerusalem from my power?’”
  • Isa 40:19-21 : 19 A craftsman casts an idol; a metalsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it. 20 To make a contribution one selects wood that will not rot; he then seeks a skilled craftsman to make an idol that will not fall over. 21 Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told to you since the very beginning? Have you not understood from the time the earth’s foundations were made?
  • Isa 41:7 : 7 The craftsman encourages the metalsmith, the one who wields the hammer encourages the one who pounds on the anvil. He approves the quality of the welding, and nails it down so it won’t fall over.”
  • Isa 41:24 : 24 Look, you are nothing, and your accomplishments are nonexistent; the one who chooses to worship you is disgusting.
  • Isa 41:29 : 29 Look, all of them are nothing, their accomplishments are nonexistent; their metal images lack any real substance.
  • Isa 44:9-9 : 9 All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame. 10 Who forms a god and casts an idol that will prove worthless?
  • Isa 44:17 : 17 With the rest of it he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships it. He prays to it, saying,‘Rescue me, for you are my god!’
  • Isa 46:1-2 : 1 The Lord Carries His People Bel kneels down, Nebo bends low. Their images weigh down animals and beasts. Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals. 2 Together they bend low and kneel down; they are unable to rescue the images; they themselves head off into captivity.
  • Jer 10:3-6 : 3 For the religion of these people is worthless. They cut down a tree in the forest, and a craftsman makes it into an idol with his tools. 4 He decorates it with overlays of silver and gold. He uses hammer and nails to fasten it together so that it will not fall over. 5 Such idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field. They cannot talk. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them because they cannot hurt you. And they do not have any power to help you.” 6 I said,“There is no one like you, LORD. You are great. And you are renowned for your power.
  • Jer 10:11 : 11 You people of Israel should tell those nations this:‘These gods did not make heaven and earth. They will disappear from the earth and from under the heavens.’
  • Hos 8:6 : 6 That idol was made by a workman– it is not God! The calf idol of Samaria will be broken to bits.

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  • 2 Kgs 19:17-19
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    98%

    17It is true, LORD, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands.

    18They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them.

    19Now, O LORD our God, rescue us from his power, so that all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you, LORD, are the only God.”

  • Isa 37:18
    80%

    18It is true, LORD, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations and their lands.

  • Ps 115:4
    78%

    4Their idols are made of silver and gold– they are man-made.

  • Isa 2:8
    77%

    8Their land is full of worthless idols; they worship the product of their own hands, what their own fingers have fashioned.

  • 2 Chr 32:19
    76%

    19They talked about the God of Jerusalem as if he were one of the man-made gods of the nations of the earth.

  • Ps 135:15
    76%

    15The nations’ idols are made of silver and gold, they are man-made.

  • Jer 16:20
    76%

    20Can people make their own gods? No, what they make are not gods at all.”

  • Deut 7:5
    76%

    5Instead, this is what you must do to them: You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, cut down their sacred Asherah poles, and burn up their idols.

  • 1 Chr 14:12
    76%

    12The Philistines left their idols there, so David ordered that they be burned.

  • Isa 31:7
    76%

    7For at that time everyone will get rid of the silver and gold idols your hands sinfully made.

  • Isa 37:20
    76%

    20Now, O LORD our God, rescue us from his power, so all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the LORD.”

  • Jer 10:11
    75%

    11You people of Israel should tell those nations this:‘These gods did not make heaven and earth. They will disappear from the earth and from under the heavens.’

  • Deut 4:28
    75%

    28There you will worship gods made by human hands– wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.

  • Deut 12:3
    75%

    3You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, burn up their sacred Asherah poles, and cut down the images of their gods; you must eliminate their very memory from that place.

  • Deut 29:17
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    17You have seen their detestable things and idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold.)

  • 2 Chr 36:19
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    19They burned down the God’s temple and tore down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned all its fortified buildings and destroyed all its valuable items.

  • Isa 44:17
    75%

    17With the rest of it he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships it. He prays to it, saying,‘Rescue me, for you are my god!’

  • Isa 44:9-10
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    74%

    9All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.

    10Who forms a god and casts an idol that will prove worthless?

  • 2 Chr 32:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13Are you not aware of what I and my predecessors have done to all the nations of the surrounding lands? Have the gods of the surrounding lands actually been able to rescue their lands from my power?

    14Who among all the gods of these nations whom my predecessors annihilated was able to rescue his people from my power, that your God would be able to rescue you from my power?

  • Deut 7:25
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    25You must burn the images of their gods, but do not covet the silver and gold that covers them so much that you take it for yourself and thus become ensnared by it; for it is abhorrent to the LORD your God.

  • Ps 74:6-7
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    74%

    6And now they are tearing down all its engravings with axes and crowbars.

    7They set your sanctuary on fire; they desecrate your dwelling place by knocking it to the ground.

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    29But each of these nations made its own gods and put them in the shrines on the high places that the people of Samaria had made. Each nation did this in the cities where they lived.

    30The people from Babylon made Succoth Benoth, the people from Cuth made Nergal, the people from Hamath made Ashima,

  • Mic 5:13
    73%

    13I will remove your idols and sacred pillars from your midst; you will no longer worship what your own hands made.

  • Deut 32:37
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    37He will say,“Where are their gods, the rock in whom they sought security,

  • Isa 2:18
    73%

    18The worthless idols will be completely eliminated.

  • Jer 1:16
    73%

    16In this way I will pass sentence on the people of Jerusalem and Judah because of all their wickedness. For they rejected me and offered sacrifices to other gods, worshiping what they made with their own hands.”

  • Exod 34:13
    73%

    13Rather you must destroy their altars, smash their images, and cut down their Asherah poles.

  • 2 Kgs 17:12
    73%

    12They worshiped the disgusting idols in blatant disregard of the LORD’s command.

  • Isa 42:17
    73%

    17Those who trust in idols will turn back and be utterly humiliated, those who say to metal images,‘You are our gods.’”

  • Jer 2:28
    73%

    28But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them save you when you are in trouble. The sad fact is that you have as many gods as you have towns, Judah.

  • Jer 51:18
    73%

    18They are worthless, objects to be ridiculed. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

  • Hos 8:4
    73%

    4The Political and Cultic Sin of Israel They enthroned kings without my consent! They appointed princes without my approval! They made idols out of their silver and gold, but they will be destroyed!

  • Zeph 2:11
    73%

    11The LORD will terrify them, for he will weaken all the gods of the earth. All the distant nations will worship the LORD in their own lands.

  • Exod 23:24
    73%

    24“You must not bow down to their gods; you must not serve them or do according to their practices. Instead you must completely overthrow them and smash their standing stones to pieces.

  • Isa 37:11
    73%

    11Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands. Do you really think you will be rescued?

  • Ps 115:8
    73%

    8Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

  • Isa 36:19
    72%

    19Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Indeed, did any gods rescue Samaria from my power?

  • Ezek 20:32
    72%

    32“‘What you plan will never happen. You say,“We will be like the nations, like the clans of the lands, who serve gods of wood and stone.”

  • Isa 44:15
    72%

    15A man uses it to make a fire; he takes some of it and warms himself. Yes, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Then he makes a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.

  • Deut 29:26
    72%

    26They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods they did not know and that he did not permit them to worship.

  • Jer 10:15
    72%

    15They are worthless, mere objects to be mocked. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

  • Isa 17:8
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    8They will no longer trust in the altars their hands made, or depend on the Asherah poles and incense altars their fingers made.

  • 2 Kgs 19:11
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    11Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands. Do you really think you will be rescued?

  • Ezek 39:10
    72%

    10They will not need to take wood from the field or cut down trees from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons. They will take the loot from those who looted them and seize the plunder of those who plundered them, declares the Sovereign LORD.