2 Chronicles 32:19

World English Bible (2000)

They spoke of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַֽיְדַבְּר֔וּ אֶל־אֱלֹהֵ֖י יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם כְּעַ֗ל אֱלֹהֵי֙ עַמֵּ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יְדֵ֥י הָאָדָֽם׃ ס

Transliteration

And-yĕdabbĕrû against-ʾĕlōhê Yĕrûšālāim like-against ʾĕlōhê ʿammê the-ʾāreṣ maʿăśê yĕdê the-ʾādām

Grammar Details

• *wayĕdabbĕrû*: conjunction + verb, piel imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they spoke
• *ʾel*: preposition - to/against
• *ʾĕlōhê*: noun, masculine plural construct - gods of
• *Yĕrûšālāim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
• *kĕʿal*: preposition + preposition - like against
• *ʿammê*: noun, masculine plural construct - peoples of
• *hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the earth/land
• *maʿăśê*: noun, masculine singular construct - work of
• *yĕdê*: noun, feminine dual construct - hands of
• *hāʾādām*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - mankind/humans

Word Meanings

• *dibber*: speak/talk/declare
• *ʾĕlōhê*: God of/gods of
• *ʿammê*: peoples of/nations of
• *ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground
• *maʿăśê*: work/deed/product
• *yādayim*: hands/power
• *ʾādām*: mankind/humans/people

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 19:18 : 18 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.
• Isa 2:8 : 8 Their land also is full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.
• Isa 14:32 : 32 What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.
• Isa 37:19 : 19 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.
• Isa 44:16-20 : 16 He burns part of it in the fire. With part of it, he eats meat. He roasts a roast, and is satisfied. Yes, he warms himself, and says, "Aha! I am warm. I have seen the fire." 17 The rest of it he makes into a god, even his engraved image. He bows down to it and worships, and prays to it, and says, "Deliver me; for you are my god!" 18 They don't know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can't see; and their hearts, that they can't understand. 19 No one thinks, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, "I have burned part of it in the fire. Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals. I have roasted meat and eaten it. Shall I make the rest of it into an abomination? Shall I bow down to a tree trunk?" 20 He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can't deliver his soul, nor say, "Isn't there a lie in my right hand?"
• Jer 1:16 : 16 I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.
• Jer 10:3 : 3 For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.
• Jer 10:9 : 9 There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skillful men.
• Jer 32:30 : 30 For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done only that which was evil in my sight from their youth; for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, says Yahweh.
• Hos 8:5-6 : 5 Let Samaria throw out his calf idol! My anger burns against them! How long will it be until they are capable of purity? 6 For this is even from Israel! The workman made it, and it is no God; indeed, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
• Heb 12:22 : 22 But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,
• 2 Chr 6:6 : 6 but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'
• 2 Chr 32:13-17 : 13 Don't you know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any way able to deliver their land out of my hand? 14 Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand? 15 Now therefore don't let Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you in this way, neither believe him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you out of my hand?" 16 His servants spoke yet more against Yahweh God, and against his servant Hezekiah. 17 He also wrote letters insulting Yahweh, the God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, "As the gods of the nations of the lands, which have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall the God of Hezekiah not deliver his people out of my hand."
• Job 15:25-26 : 25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty; 26 he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers;
• Ps 10:13-14 : 13 Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, "God won't call me into account?" 14 But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
• Ps 73:8-9 : 8 They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression. 9 They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth. 10 Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance. 11 They say, "How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?"
• Ps 76:1-2 : 1 In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel. 2 His tabernacle is also in Salem; His dwelling place in Zion.
• Ps 78:68 : 68 But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
• Ps 87:1-3 : 1 His foundation is in the holy mountains. 2 Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3 Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Selah.
• Ps 115:4-8 : 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 5 They have mouths, but they don't speak. They have eyes, but they don't see. 6 They have ears, but they don't hear. They have noses, but they don't smell. 7 They have hands, but they don't feel. They have feet, but they don't walk, neither do they speak through their throat. 8 Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them.
• Ps 132:13-14 : 13 For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation. 14 "This is my resting place forever. Here I will live, for I have desired it.
• Ps 135:15-18 : 15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 16 They have mouths, but they can't speak. They have eyes, but they can't see. 17 They have ears, but they can't hear; neither is there any breath in their mouths. 18 Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them.
• Ps 139:19-20 : 19 If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men! 20 For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.
• Deut 4:28 : 28 There you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
• Deut 27:15 : 15 'Cursed is the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.' All the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.'
• 1 Sam 17:36 : 36 Your servant struck both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God."