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2 Chronicles 32:17

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

He also wrote letters to mock the Lord, the God of Israel, saying against him: Just like the national gods of the lands that did not rescue their people from my power, so Hezekiah’s God will not rescue his people from my power.

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Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers’ hands, read it, then went up to the Lord’s temple and spread it out before the Lord.


Did the gods of the nations  that my predecessors destroyed rescue them #– #nations such as Gozan,  Haran,  Rezeph, and the Edenites  in Telassar?


It began to speak  blasphemies against God: to blaspheme his name and his dwelling #– #those who dwell in heaven.


Does an axe exalt itself above the one who chops with it? Does a saw magnify itself above the one who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the ones who lift   it! It would be like a staff lifting the one who isn’t wood!


Sanballat  sent me this same message a fifth time by his assistant, who had an open letter in his hand.


Because your raging against me and your arrogance have reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth; I will make you go back the way you came.


Who is it you mocked and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!


Hezekiah took  the letter  from the messengers’ hands, read it, then went up to the Lord’s temple, and spread it out before the Lord.


The king had heard concerning King Tirhakah of Cush, ‘Look, he has set out to fight against you.’ So he again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,


Who among all the gods of these nations that my predecessors completely destroyed was able to rescue his people from my power, that your God should be able to deliver you from my power?


His servants said more against the Lord God and against his servant Hezekiah.


David spoke to the men who were standing with him: ‘What will be done for the man who kills that Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel?  Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine  that he should defy the armies  of the living God? ’


Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.’


Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries: They completely destroyed them. Will you be rescued?





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