Just as my hand reached out to idolatrous kingdoms that had more images than Jerusalem and Samaria—
They spoke of the God of Israel as though he were one of the gods of the other peoples of the earth, a work of human hands.
For the king trusts in the Lord, stands firm through the mercy of the Most High.
My hand has seized, like a nest, the wealth of nations. As one takes eggs left alone, so I took in all the earth; No one fluttered a wing, or opened a mouth, or chirped!”
They gave their gods to the fire —they were not gods at all, but the work of human hands— Wood and stone, they destroyed them.