Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?
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Verse 13 is found in chapter 32 of 2 Chronicles. Sennacherib’s envoys ridicule Jerusalem’s confidence and compare Israel’s God with the gods of other conquered nations. The speech seeks to break the people’s confidence through political and religious arguments. The chronicler presents Assyrian arrogance as a direct provocation against the sovereignty of Israel’s God.
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Wißt ihr nicht, was ich und meine Väter getan haben allen Völkern in den Ländern? Haben auch die Götter der Heiden in den Ländern können ihre Länder erretten von meiner Hand?
¿No habéis sabido lo que yo y mis padres hemos hecho a todos los pueblos de la tierra? ¿Pudieron los dioses de las gentes de las tierras librar su tierra de mi mano?
Ne savez-vous pas ce que nous avons fait, moi et mes pères, à tous les peuples des autres pays? Les dieux des nations de ces pays ont-ils pu délivrer leurs pays de ma main?
Non sapete voi quello che io ed i miei padri abbiam fatto a tutti i popoli de’ paesi? gl’iddii delle genti dei paesi hanno eglino giammai potuto salvare il lor paese dalla mia mano?
Não sabeis vós o que eu e meus pais fizemos a todos os povos das terras? Porventura puderam de qualquer maneira os deuses das nações daquelas terras livrar o seu país da minha mão?
我與我祖先向列邦民族所行的,你們豈不知道嗎?列邦的神明何嘗能救自己的國脫離我的手呢?
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