2 Chronicles 32:19

19 They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as though he were the work of human hands, like the gods of the other peoples of the earth.

2 Chronicles 32:19 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 32:19

And they spake against the God of Jerusalem
The only living and true God, whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem professed to be their God, and who was worshipped by them in the temple there:

as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of
the hands of man;
they made no difference between the one and the other, but spoke as freely and as contemptibly of the one as of the other, see ( Isaiah 36:19 Isaiah 36:20 ) ( 37:10-13 ) .

2 Chronicles 32:19 In-Context

17 He wrote other letters insulting the LORD God of Israel, defying him by saying, "Just as the gods of the nations in other countries couldn't rescue their people from my power, Hezekiah's god won't be able to rescue his people from my power."
18 Then they shouted loudly in Hebrew at the people of Jerusalem gathered on the wall, in an attempt to frighten and demoralize them, in order to capture the city.
19 They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as though he were the work of human hands, like the gods of the other peoples of the earth.
20 King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah, Amoz's son, prayed about this, crying out to heaven.
21 Then the LORD sent a messenger who destroyed every warrior, leader, and officer in the camp of the Assyrian king. When Sennacherib went home in disgrace, he entered the temple of his god, and his own sons killed him with a sword.
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