17 He also wrote letters to insult the Lord God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying, “(A)As the gods of the nations of the lands [a]have not delivered their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.” 18 (B)They called this out with a loud voice in the language of Judah to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them, so that they might take the city. 19 They spoke [b]of the God of Jerusalem as of (C)the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men’s hands.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 32:17 Lit who have
  2. 2 Chronicles 32:19 Lit to

17 The king also wrote letters(A) ridiculing(B) the Lord, the God of Israel, and saying this against him: “Just as the gods(C) of the peoples of the other lands did not rescue their people from my hand, so the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my hand.” 18 Then they called out in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to terrify them and make them afraid in order to capture the city. 19 They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as they did about the gods of the other peoples of the world—the work of human hands.(D)

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