They did throw the gods of the nations into the fire. But those were not real gods. They were only wood and stone—statues that men made. That is why the kings of Assyria could destroy them.
I defeated those evil kingdoms and now I control them. The idols {\cf2\super [115]} those people worship are better than the idols of Jerusalem and Samaria.
That’s right. We are God’s children. So, you must not think that God is like something that people imagine or make. He is not like gold, silver, or rock.