¹⁸“It is true, Lord, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste all these peoples and their lands.^e ¹⁹They have thrown their gods into the fire^f and destroyed them,^g for they were not gods^h but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.ⁱ ²⁰Now, Lord our God, deliver^j us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth^k may know that you, Lord, are the only God.^b^l”

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Footnotes

bDead Sea Scrolls (see also 2 Kings 19:19); Masoretic Text you alone are the Lord

Cross references

eSee 2 Ki 15:29; Na 2:11–12
fSee Jos 7:15
g Isa 26:14; 36:20
h 2 Ch 13:9; Isa 40:17; 41:24, 29; Jer 2:11; 5:7; 16:20; Gal 4:8
iSee 2 Ch 32:19; See Ps 135:15; Isa 40:18–20; 44:9–11
jSee Ps 3:2, 7; See Pr 20:22
kSee Jos 4:24
lSee 1 Sa 17:46; See Ps 46:10

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands, and have cast their gods into the fire. For they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed. So now, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Lord, it is true that the kings of Assyria have devastated all these countries and their lands. They have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but made from wood and stone by human hands. So they have destroyed them. Now, Lord our God, save us from his power so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, Lord, are God—you alone.

NLTNew Living Translation

“It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all these nations. And they have thrown the gods of these nations into the fire and burned them. But of course the Assyrians could destroy them! They were not gods at all—only idols of wood and stone shaped by human hands. Now, O Lord our God, rescue us from his power; then all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you alone, O Lord, are God.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Truly, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the lands and their land, to set their gods in the fire, for they were not gods, but the work of human hands, wood and stone, and they destroyed them. So now, Yahweh, our God, save us from his hand so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are Yahweh, you alone!”

KJV 1900King James Version

Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries, And 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. Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, even thou only.

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