2 Chronicles 32:17 TSK: Sennacherib also wrote letters like this that insulted and slandered the LORD God of Israel: "Just as the gods of the nations in other lands haven't delivered their people from my control, so also the god of Hezekiah won't deliver his people from me!"

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He also wrote letters mocking the LORD, the God of Israel, and saying against Him: "Just as the gods of the nations did not deliver their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand."

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He wrote

2 Kings 19:9, 14
Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: "Look, he has set out to fight against you." So again Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah with the order: . . .

Nehemiah 6:5
The fifth time, Sanballat sent me this same message by his young servant, who had in his hand an unsealed letter

Isaiah 37:14
So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.

to rail

2 Kings 19:22, 28
Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel! . . .

Isaiah 10:15
Does an ax raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a staff waving the one who lifts it! It would be like a staff lifting him who is not wood!

Isaiah 37:23, 24, 28, 29
Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel! . . .

Revelation 13:6
And the beast opened its mouth to blaspheme against God and slander His name and His tabernacle--those who dwell in heaven.

As the gods

2 Kings 19:12
Did the gods of the nations my fathers have destroyed rescue them--the gods of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?

Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible
He also wrote letters to insult the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying, "As the gods of the nations of the lands have not delivered their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand."

King James Bible
He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He also wrote letters to mock Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying against Him: Just like the national gods of the lands that did not deliver their people from my power, so Hezekiah's God will not deliver His people from my power.

International Standard Version
Sennacherib also wrote letters like this that insulted and slandered the LORD God of Israel: "Just as the gods of the nations in other lands haven't delivered their people from my control, so also the god of Hezekiah won't deliver his people from me!"

NET Bible
He wrote letters mocking the LORD God of Israel and insulting him with these words: "The gods of the surrounding nations could not rescue their people from my power. Neither can Hezekiah's god rescue his people from my power."

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