As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols, kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria—
They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as they did about the gods of the other peoples of the world—the work of human hands.
Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies; your right hand will seize your foes.
As one reaches into a nest, so my hand reached for the wealth of the nations; as people gather abandoned eggs, so I gathered all the countries; not one flapped a wing, or opened its mouth to chirp.’ ”
They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.