2 Kings 19:12

12 Take a good look at these wasted nations, destroyed by my ancestors; did their gods do them any good? Look at Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, the people of Eden at Tel Assar. Ruins.

2 Kings 19:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 19:12

(See Gill on 2 Kings 19:1)

2 Kings 19:12 In-Context

10 "Don't let that god that you think so much of keep stringing you along with the line, 'Jerusalem will never fall to the king of Assyria.' That's a barefaced lie.

11 You know the track record of the kings of Assyria - country after country laid waste, devastated. And what makes you think you'll be an exception?

12 Take a good look at these wasted nations, destroyed by my ancestors; did their gods do them any good? Look at Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, the people of Eden at Tel Assar. Ruins.

13 And what's left of the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of Sepharvaim, of Hena, of Ivvah? Bones."

14 Hezekiah took the letter from the envoy and read it. He went to The Temple of God and spread it out before God.