2-Chronicles - 32:19



19 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.

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Chronicles 32:19.

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And he spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, the works of the hands of men.
And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of man's hand.
and they speak against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the peoples of the land, work of the hands of man.
Talking of the God of Jerusalem as if he was like the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men's hands.
And he was speaking against the God of Jerusalem, just as against the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are works of the hands of men.

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And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, [which were] the (m) work of the hands of man.
(m) Which were invented, made and authorized by man.

And they spake against the God of Jerusalem,.... The only living and true God, whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem professed to be their God, and who was worshipped by them in the temple there:
as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man; they made no difference between the one and the other, but spoke as freely and as contemptibly of the one as of the other, see Isaiah 36:19.

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