2 Kings 19:17

17 “It is true, LORD, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste these nations and their lands.

2 Kings 19:17 in Other Translations

17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,

17 Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands

17 “It is true, LORD, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all these nations.

17 The facts are true, O God: The kings of Assyria have laid waste countries and kingdoms.

17 Lord, it is true that the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their lands.

2 Kings 19:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 19:17

(See Gill on 2 Kings 19:1)

2 Kings 19:17 In-Context

15 And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD: “LORD, the God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

16 Give ear, LORD, and hear; open your eyes, LORD, and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to ridicule the living God.

17 “It is true, LORD, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste these nations and their lands.

18 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.

19 Now, LORD our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone, LORD, are God.”