2 Chronicles 32:19
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And they spoke 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 of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.
They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as [they spoke of] the gods of the peoples of the earth, [which are only] the work of the hands of men.
And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they spoke of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of the hands of men.
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.
They spoke against the God of Jerusalem like they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth, which were made by human hands.
They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth, which were made by human hands.
They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as though he were the work of human hands, like the gods of the other peoples of the earth.
They spoke about the God of Yerushalayim in the same way as about the gods of the other peoples of the earth, which are merely human artifacts.
The officials talked about the Lord God as if he were nothing but an ordinary god or an idol that someone had made.
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 he spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, the works of the hands of men.
Then they insulted the God of Jerusalem just as they had insulted all the gods of the people from other nations—even though those gods are only things people made with their hands.
They insulted the God of Jerusalem's people, as they insulted the gods of other nations. They spoke about him as if he was only a god that people had made for themselves.
They spoke about the God of Jerusalem in the same way that they spoke about the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of human hands.
And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they spoke of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.
And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they spoke of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.
They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as though he were like the gods the people of the ·world [earth] worshiped, which are made by human hands.
Thus they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, even the works of man’s hands,
They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as if he were one of the gods made by human hands and worshiped by the people in other countries.
They talked about the God of Jerusalem in the same way that they talked about the gods of the other peoples, idols made by human hands.
They spoke against the God of Jerusalem like they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth, which were made by human hands.
They said evil things about the gods the people of the world worshiped. They are only things people have made with their hands. In the same way the officers said evil things about the God of Jerusalem.
In doing so, they spoke about the God of Jerusalem as if he were like the gods of the nations of the earth that are made by the hands of human beings.
And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the peoples of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.
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.
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.
And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men’s hands.
And they spoke about the God of Jerusalem as about the gods of the peoples of the earth, the works of the hands of humankind.
These messengers talked about the God of Jerusalem just as though he were one of the heathen gods—a handmade idol!
The messengers would come up to the wall of Jerusalem and shout up to the people standing on the wall, shouting their propaganda in Hebrew, trying to scare them into demoralized submission. They contemptuously lumped the God of Jerusalem in with the handmade gods of other peoples.
They spoke about the God of Jerusalem like the gods of the other peoples of the earth, which are only objects made by men’s hands.
They spoke about the Elohim of Jerusalem as if he were one of the gods made by human hands and worshiped by the people in other countries.
They spoke of the God of Israel as though he were one of the gods of the other peoples of the earth, a work of human hands.
They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they did against the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of human hands.
They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men’s hands.
They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as if he were in no way superior to any of the gods of the other peoples of the earth, simply the work of human hands.
They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as though he were like the gods the people of the world worshiped, which are made by human hands.
They talked about the God of Jerusalem as if he were one of the man-made gods of the nations of the earth.
They were comparing the God of Jerusalem to the gods of the other nations of the world. But those gods were only statues. They had been made by human hands.
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.
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.
And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth—the work of men’s hands.
They talked about the God of Jerusalem as if He were one of the gods of the people of the earth, which were made by the hands of men.
These officers talked about the God of Jerusalem as though he were one of the pagan gods, made by human hands.
They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as if he were like the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of human hands.
They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as if he were like the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of human hands.
They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as if he were like the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of human hands.
They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as if he were like the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of human hands.
And they spoke against the Elohei Yerushalayim, as against the g-ds of the peoples of the land, which were the work of the hands of ha’adam.
Thus they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, the works of man’s hands.
And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they spoke of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.
And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they spoke of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.
They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth made by human hands.
The Assyrian king himself wrote additional letters insulting the Eternal God of Israel, reminding the people that no god had ever saved his people from the Assyrians, and Israel’s God couldn’t either. Furthermore, Sennacherib wrote that God was a creation of humans, just as all the other pagan gods are. These letters were shouted in the common Judahite language of Hebrew as the people of Jerusalem stood on the city wall listening. The messengers thought their words would terrify and disturb the people into surrendering the city.
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.
And he spake against [the] God of Israel, as against the gods of the peoples of [the] earth, the works of men’s hands. (And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, like they spoke against the gods of the other peoples of the earth, which were the work of men’s hands.)
and they speak against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the peoples of the land -- work of the hands of man.
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