2 Chronicles 32:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And 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.

Spake

The god

Hebrews 12:22

The work

General references

2 Kings 19:10

Bible References

Spake

Don't you know what my predecessors have done to all the other people in other lands? Were the gods of the people who lived in those lands able to deliver their countries out of my control?

Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he defied the armies of the living God."

"For he has raised his fist against God, defying the Almighty.

Why do the wicked despise God and say to themselves, "God will not seek justice."?

In their mockery they speak evil; from their arrogant position they speak oppression.

God, if only you would execute the wicked, so that the men guilty of bloodshed would get away from me,

The god

But I have chosen Jerusalem, where my name will reside. And I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'

God is known in Judah; in Israel his reputation is great.

But he chose the tribe of Judah, the mountain of Zion, which he loves.

God's foundation is in the holy mountains.

For the LORD has chosen Zion, desiring it as his dwelling place.

How will they answer the messengers of the nation? "The LORD has founded Zion, and in it the afflicted among his people will find refuge."

Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, to tens of thousands of angels joyfully gathered together,

The work

There you'll serve gods made by human hands, serving trees and stones that cannot see, hear, eat, nor smell.

""Cursed is the one who makes a sculptured or cast image a detestable thing to the LORD, the work of a craftsman and sets it up secretly.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'

throwing their gods into the fire, since they weren't gods but rather were the product of men's handiwork wood and stone. And so they destroyed them.

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, worked by the hands of human beings.

Their land is filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made.

and have thrown their gods into the fire but they are not gods, but rather the products of human hands, mere wood and stone. So the Assyrians destroyed them.

Half the wood he burns in the fire, and over that half he places meat so he can eat. He sits by its coals, warms himself, and says, "Ah! I am warm in front of the fire."

"I'll pronounce my judgments against them because of all their wickedness. They have forsaken me, they have burned incense to other gods, and they have bowed down in worship to the works of their own hands."

For the practices of the people are worthless. Indeed, a tree is cut down from the forest; it's the work of the hands of a craftsman with an ax.

Indeed, the Israelis and Judeans have been doing only evil in my presence since their youth. Indeed, the Israelis have done nothing but provoke me by what they have made with their hands," declares the LORD.

Your calf, Samaria, has been thrown away. My anger is burning against them. How long until they become pure again?

General references

The messengers were told, "This is what you are to say to King Hezekiah of Judah: "Don't let your God in whom you trust deceive you by telling you "Jerusalem won't be turned over to the control of Assyria's king."