2 Kings 19:17
◄  2 Kings 19:17  ►
New International Version (©2011)
"It is true, LORD, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste these nations and their lands.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"It is true, LORD, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all these nations.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their lands

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
LORD, it is true that the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their lands.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have devastated nations and their territories,

NET Bible (©2006)
It is true, LORD, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
It is true, LORD, that the kings of Assyria have leveled nations.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,

American King James Version
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,

American Standard Version
Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Of a truth, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have destroyed nations, and the lands of them all.

Darby Bible Translation
Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

English Revised Version
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

Webster's Bible Translation
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,

World English Bible
Truly, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

Young's Literal Translation
'Truly, O Jehovah, kings of Asshur have laid waste the nations, and their land,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

19:8-19 Prayer is the never-failing resource of the tempted Christian, whether struggling with outward difficulties or inward foes. At the mercy-seat of his almighty Friend he opens his heart, spreads his case, like Hezekiah, and makes his appeal. When he can discern that the glory of God is engaged on his side, faith gains the victory, and he rejoices that he shall never be moved. The best pleas in prayer are taken from God's honour.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 17. - Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria - i.e. Sennacherib, and his predecessors - the long line of monarchs who have sat on the Assyrian throne for many past ages - have destroyed the nations and their lands; rather, have laid waste, as in the parallel passage of Isaiah (Isaiah 37:18). "Destroyed" is too strong a word. Hezekiah fully admits the boast of the Assyrian monarch, that he and his predecessors have had a wonderful career of success (comp. Isaiah 10:5-14); but he refuses to regard this past success as ensuring success in the future. All is in the hand of God, and will be determined as God pleases. It is not an iron necessity that rules the world, but a personal will, and this well may be affected by prayer, to which (ver. 19) he therefore has recourse.

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Hezekiah's Prayer
…16LORD, bow down your ear, and hear: open, LORD, your eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which has sent him to reproach the living God. 17Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, 18And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

2 Kings 19:16 Give ear, LORD, and hear; open your eyes, LORD, and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to ridicule the living God.
2 Kings 19:18 They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.
2 Kings 19:37 One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisrok, his sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with the sword, and they escaped to the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son succeeded him as king.
Isaiah 10:10 As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols, kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria--