Skip to content
Methodist Church Nadiad
He also wrote letters insulting the LORD, the God of Israel, and speaking against him, saying, “As the gods of the nations of the lands, which have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall the God of Hezekiah not deliver his people out of my hand.”

2 Chronicles 32:17 · WEB

This verse in other languages

ગુજરાતી2 કાળવૃતાંત ૩૨:૧૭
સાન્હેરીબે પોતે પણ ઇઝરાયલના ઈશ્વરનું અપમાન કરતા પત્રો લખ્યા અને તેમની વિરુદ્ધ ઉદ્દગારો કર્યાં. તેણે કહ્યું કે, “જેમ બીજા દેશોની પ્રજાઓના દેવો પોતાના લોકોને મારા હાથથી બચાવી શક્યા નથી તેમ હિઝકિયાના ઈશ્વર પણ તેમની પ્રજાને મારા હાથથી નહિ બચાવી શકે.”
हिन्दी2 इतिहास ३२:१७
फिर उसने ऐसा एक पत्र भेजा, जिसमें इस्राएल के परमेश्वर यहोवा की निन्दा की ये बातें लिखी थीं: “जैसे देश-देश की जातियों के देवताओं ने अपनी-अपनी प्रजा को मेरे हाथ से नहीं बचाया वैसे ही हिजकिय्याह का देवता भी अपनी प्रजा को मेरे हाथ से नहीं बचा सकेगा।”

In context

15Now therefore don’t let Hezekiah deceive you nor persuade you in this way. Don’t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you out of my hand?”

16His servants spoke yet more against the LORD God and against his servant Hezekiah.

17He also wrote letters insulting the LORD, the God of Israel, and speaking against him, saying, “As the gods of the nations of the lands, which have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall the God of Hezekiah not deliver his people out of my hand.”

18They called out with a loud voice in the Jews’ language to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten them and to trouble them, that they might take the city.

19They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.

Read the whole chapter

Ask us anything

Try asking

This assistant searches this website and the Bible, and uses AI for general questions about the Bible — those answers are marked. It cannot answer everything; for anything personal, please speak to our pastors.