Isaiah 37:19
and gave the gods of them to fire; for they were not gods, but the works of men’s hands, wood and stones; and they all-brake those gods.This verse in the real world
In what words
- מַעֲשֶׂהmaʻăsehan action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a
- אֶבֶןʼebena stone
- עֵץʻêtsa tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
- אֵשׁʼêshfire (literally or figuratively)
- אָדָםʼâdâmruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- יָדyâda hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- נָתַןnâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Hos 8:6, Isa 41:7, Jer 10:11, Isa 46:1–2, Isa 41:24, Isa 41:29, Exo 32:20, Isa 44:9–10