以赛亚书 37:19

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

又把列國的神都扔進火中；因為他們不是神，只是人手所做的，不過是木頭和石頭，所以他們就滅絕了他們。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
将 列 国 的 　 神 像 都 扔 在 火 里 ； 因 为 他 本 不 是 　 神 ， 乃 是 人 手 所 造 的 ， 是 木 头 、 石 头 的 ， 所 以 灭 绝 他 。

Contextual Overview

⁸ The field commander heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish. When he went back, he found the king fighting against the city of Libnah. ⁹ The king received a report that Tirhakah, the Cushite king of Egypt, was coming to attack him. When the king of Assyria heard this, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, ¹⁰ "Tell Hezekiah king of Judah: Don't be fooled by the god you trust. Don't believe him when he says Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria. ¹¹ You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done. They have completely defeated every country, so do not think you will be saved. ¹² Did the gods of those people save them? My ancestors destroyed them, defeating the cities of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and the people of Eden living in Tel Assar. ¹³ Where are the kings of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the kings of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?" ¹⁴ When Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it, he went up to the Temple of the Lord . He spread the letter out before the Lord ¹⁵ and prayed to the Lord : ¹⁶ " Lord All-Powerful, you are the God of Israel, whose throne is between the gold creatures with wings, only you are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth. ¹⁷ Hear, Lord , and listen. Open your eyes, Lord , and see. Listen to all the words Sennacherib has said to insult the living God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

And have: Isaiah 10:9-11, Isaiah 36:18-20, Isaiah 46:1, Isaiah 46:2, Exodus 32:20, 2 Samuel 5:21

cast: Heb. given

no gods: Isaiah 40:19-21, Isaiah 41:7, Isaiah 44:9, Isaiah 44:10, Isaiah 44:17, Psalms 115:4-8, Jeremiah 10:3-6, Jeremiah 10:11, Hosea 8:6

Reciprocal: Genesis 31:30 - my gods 2 Kings 1:2 - god 2 Kings 18:34 - the gods 2 Kings 19:18 - for they were 2 Chronicles 32:19 - the work Psalms 97:7 - Confounded Psalms 135:15 - idols Isaiah 2:8 - worship Isaiah 36:20 - that the Lord Isaiah 37:11 - General Jeremiah 1:16 - worshipped Jeremiah 2:11 - no gods Jeremiah 16:20 - General Jeremiah 50:2 - her idols Ezekiel 20:32 - to serve Daniel 5:23 - which Daniel 11:8 - their gods

Cross-References

Genesis 28:12
Jacob dreamed that there was a ladder resting on the earth and reaching up into heaven, and he saw angels of God going up and coming down the ladder.

Genesis 37:5
One time Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.

Genesis 37:11
Joseph's brothers were jealous of him, but his father thought about what all these things could mean.

Genesis 49:23
Archers attack him violently and shoot at him angrily,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And, have cast their gods into the fire..... And burnt them; and it may well be asked, where are they? Isaiah 36:19:

for they were no gods, but the works of men's hands, wood and stone; they were made of wood or of stone, and therefore could not be called gods; nor could they save the nations that worshipped them, nor themselves, from the fire:

therefore they have destroyed them; the Assyrian kings were able to do it, and did do it, because they were idols of wood or stone; but it did not therefore follow, that they were a match for the God of Israel, the true, and living God.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And have cast their gods into the fire - This appears to have been the usual policy of the Assyrians and Babylonians. It was contrary to the policy which the Romans afterward pursued, for they admitted the gods of other nations among their own, and even allowed them to have a place in the Pantheon. Their design seems not to have been to alienate the feelings of the vanquished, but to make them feel that they were a part of the same people. They supposed that a vanquished people would be conciliated with the idea that their gods were admitted to participate in the honors of those which were worshipped by the conquerors of the world. But the policy of the Eastern conquerors was different. They began usually by removing the people themselves whom they had subdued, to another land (see the note at Isaiah 36:17). They thus intended to alienate their minds as much as possible from their own country. They laid everything waste by fire and sword, and thus destroyed their homes, and all the objects of their attachment. They destroyed their temples, their groves, and their household gods. They well knew that the civil policy of the nation was founded in religion, and that, to subdue them effectually, it was necessary to abolish their religion. Which was the wisest policy, may indeed admit of question. Perhaps in each case the policy was well adapted to the particular end which was had in view.

For they were no gods - They were not truly gods, and therefore they had no power of resistance, and it was easy to destroy them.