Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

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.

{Is} not Calno as Carchemish? {is} not Hamath as Arpad? {is} not Samaria as Damascus?

Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?

In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works {are} truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.

Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries, {nations: Heb. lands}

And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs {that are} left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol {is} nothing in the world, and that {there is} none other God but one.

Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, {even} they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.

Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, {as} Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which {were} in Telassar?

But our God {is} in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.

Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,

Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared {it}? ye {are} even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, {there is} no God; I know not {any}. {God; I: Heb. rock, etc}

The portion of Jacob {is} not like them: for he {is} the former of all {things}; and Israel {is} the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts {is} his name.

Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:

{Beware} lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods {are} gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

He runneth upon him, {even} on {his} neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.

Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for {there is} none to deliver {him}.

Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?

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.