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BrTrAnd he spoke against the God of Jerusalem, even as against the gods of the nations of the earth, the works of the hands of men.
ULTAnd they spoke about the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the peoples of the land, the work of the hands of man.
USTThey belittled the God worshiped by the people of Jerusalem like they belittled the gods of the other people groups of the world, gods which indeed were only idols fashioned by craftsmen.
BSBThey spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.
NETThey talked about the God of Jerusalem as if he were one of the man-made gods of the nations of the earth.
LSVand they speak against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the peoples of the land—work of the hands of man.
FBVThey talked about the God of Jerusalem like they did about the gods of the other nations, gods made by human beings.
T4TThey belittled the God worshiped by the people of Jerusalem as they belittled the gods of the other people-groups of the world—saying that they were only idols made by humans.
LEBAnd they spoke about the God of Jerusalem as about the gods of the peoples of the earth, the works of the hands of humankind. ¶
BBETalking of the God of Jerusalem as if he was like the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men's hands.
RVAnd they spake of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.
WbstrAnd they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, the work of the hands of man.
KJB-1769And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man. (And they spake against the God of Yerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man. )
KJB-1611And they spake against the God of Ierusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth which were the worke of the hands of man. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
BshpsAnd they spake against the God of Hierusalem, as against the gods of the nations of the earth, whiche were the workes of the handes of men. (And they spake against the God of Yerusalem, as against the gods of the nations of the earth, which were the works of the hands of men.)
GnvaThus they spake against the God of Ierusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, euen the workes of mans hands, (Thus they spake against the God of Yerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, even the works of mans hands, )
CvdlAnd they spake agaynst the God off Ierusalem, euen as agaynst the goddes off the nacions vpon earth, which were but the workes of mens hondes. (And they spake against the God off Yerusalem, even as against the gods off the nations upon earth, which were but the works of mens hands.)
WyclAnd he spake ayens God of Israel, as ayens the goddis of the puplis of erthe, the werkis of mennus hondis. (And he spake against God of Israel, as against the gods of the peoples of earth, the works of mennus hands.)
Luthund redeten wider den GOtt Jerusalems wie wider die Götter der Völker auf Erden, die Menschenhände -Werk waren. (and talked against the God Yerusalems like against the gods the/of_the peoples on earthn, the Menschenhände -Werk were.)
ClVgLocutusque est contra Deum Jerusalem, sicut adversum deos populorum terræ, opera manuum hominum. (Locutusque it_is on_the_contrary God Yerusalem, like adversum deos to_the_peoplerum terræ, opera manuum of_men. )
32:1-23 The Chronicler summarizes in twenty-three verses the lengthy account of the siege against Jerusalem (cp. 2 Kgs 18:17–19:37; Isa 36–38). God’s response to the attack of King Sennacherib of Assyria was a blessing that resulted from Judah’s and Hezekiah’s faithfulness in seeking the Lord.
(Occurrence 0) which are merely the work of men’s hands
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_spoke to/towards god Yərūshālayim/(Jerusalem) as,of gods peoples the=earth/land work hands the=humankind )
This emphasizes that humans made these idols with their own hands and are therefore worthless. Alternate translation: “which are merely idols that men have made”
The harrowing experience of the attack on Judah by King Sennacherib of Assyria during Hezekiah’s reign is recorded by three different writers of Scripture and even by Sennacherib himself. Many scholars also suspect that this event formed the basis for Herodotus’s story regarding an army of mice eating the bow strings of the Assyrian army during their campaign against the Egyptians (Histories, 2.141). The origins of this event stretch back into the reign of Hezekiah’s father Ahaz, who enticed the Assyrians to attack Israel and Aram in exchange for making Judah a vassal of Assyria (2 Kings 16-17; 2 Chronicles 28; Isaiah 7-8; also see “The Final Days of the Northern Kingdom of Israel” map). Judah continued to be a vassal of Assyria through the early part of Hezekiah’s reign, but Hezekiah also quietly made extensive preparations to throw off the yoke of Assyria one day (2 Kings 18:1-12; 1 Chronicles 4:39-43; 2 Chronicles 29-31; also see “Hezekiah Strengthens Judah” map). Hezekiah also appears to have been hoping for support from Babylon and Egypt regarding his efforts to revolt against Assyria’s rule, but the prophet Isaiah warned Judah against placing their hopes in these foreign powers (Isaiah 30:1-5; 31:1-3; 39:1-8; 40:10-15; 2 Kings 20:12-19). After a few years spent quashing rebellion among the Babylonians, the Kassites, and the Medes in the east, Sennacherib turned his sights westward and began a campaign to subdue the various vassal nations that were refusing to submit to Assyria’s rule any longer. He first reconquered the Phoenician cities of Sidon and Tyre and then moved south to Philistia. He subdued Joppa, Beth-dagon, Bene-berak, and Azor and then moved to capture the cities of the Shephelah, which guarded the entrances to the valleys leading into the central hill country of Judah. While Sennacherib was attacking Lachish he sent his officers to demand Hezekiah’s surrender. This may be the Assyrian advance upon Jerusalem from the north described in Isaiah 10:28-32, but this is not certain (see “Assyria Advances on Jerusalem” map). Hezekiah sent officers back to Sennacherib with gold and silver taken from Temple and the royal treasury, but he would not surrender. The officers then traveled to Libnah to meet with Sennacherib, for he gone to fight there by that time. In the meantime King Tirhakah of Cush, who was ruling over Egypt at this time, came to attack Sennacherib, so Sennacherib sent his officials back to Hezekiah with a message that Jerusalem would be taken if he resisted. Hezekiah laid the letter from the officials before the Lord and prayed, and the Lord sent word through the prophet Isaiah that Jerusalem would not be taken. Then that very night the angel of the Lord killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers (probably those with Sennacherib fighting the Egyptians), and Sennacherib went back to Assyria. There while he was worshiping in the temple of Nisroch, Sennacherib’s sons killed him and fled to Ararat (see “Ararat” map).
