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2 Kings 19:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

And have ρcast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, buta the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

given.

Psa. 115:4‑5• ⁴Their idols [are] silver and gold,{HR}Work of hands of man.
⁵A mouth have they, and they speak not;{HR}Eyes have they, and they see not; (Psa. 115:4‑5)

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Isa. 44:10• ¹⁰Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image [that] is profitable for nothing? (Isa. 44:10)

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have cast.

Heb. have given.

2 Sam. 5:21• ²¹And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. (2 Sam. 5:21)

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Isa. 46:1‑2• ¹Bel boweth down, Nebo bendeth: their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your loads are lifted up, a burden to the weary [beast].
²They bend, they bow down together, they could not deliver the burden, and themselves are gone into captivity. (Isa. 46:1‑2)

for they were.

Psa. 115:4‑8• ⁴Their idols [are] silver and gold,{HR}Work of hands of man.
⁵A mouth have they, and they speak not;{HR}Eyes have they, and they see not;
⁶Ears they have, and they hear not;{HR}A nose have they, and they smell not;
⁷They have hands, and they feel not;{HR}They have feet, and they walk not;{HR}They utter not with their throat.
⁸Like them are those making them,{HR}Every one who confideth in them. (Psa. 115:4‑8)

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Isa. 37:18‑19• ¹⁸Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries and their land,
¹⁹and have cast their gods into the fire; for they [were] no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; and they have destroyed them. (Isa. 37:18‑19)

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Isa. 44:9‑20• ⁹They that make a graven image [are] all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they [are] their own witnesses: they see not, nor know, that they may be ashamed.
¹⁰Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image [that] is profitable for nothing?
¹¹Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed; and the workmen [are] but men. Let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; they shall fear, they shall be ashamed together.
¹²The smith [hath] tongs, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm; but he is hungry and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint.
¹³The carpenter stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with chalk; he fitteth it with adzes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of man, to remain in the house.
¹⁴When he heweth him down cedars, he also taketh a holm-oak and a terebinth, and he maketh one strong for himself among the trees of the forest; he planteth a mountain-ash, and the rain nourisheth [it].
¹⁵And it shall be for a man to burn; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; he kindleth [it] also, and baketh bread; he maketh also a god, and worshippeth [it]; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
¹⁶He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh, he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth [himself], and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the light.
¹⁷And with the residue thereof he maketh a god, his graven image; he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth [it], and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou [art] my god.
¹⁸They have no knowledge and understand not: for he hath plastered their eyes, that they see not; [and] their hearts that they understand not.
¹⁹And none taketh it to his heart, neither [is there] knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire, and also have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten [it]: and with the residue thereof shall I make an abomination? shall I bow down to a block of wood?
²⁰He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, [Is there] not a lie in my right hand? (Isa. 44:9‑20)

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Jer. 10:3‑9,14‑16• ³For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
⁴They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
⁵They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
⁶Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
⁷Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? For to thee doth it appertain; for among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
⁸But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock.
⁹Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artizan and of the hands of the founder; blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of skilful men.
¹⁴Every man is become brutish, bereft of knowledge; every founder is put to shame by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
¹⁵They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
¹⁶The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name. (Jer. 10:3‑9,14‑16)

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Acts 17:29• ²⁹Being therefore God's off-spring, we ought not to think that the divinity is like gold, or silver or stone, graven by art and device of man. (Acts 17:29)

J. N. Darby Translation

and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone; therefore have they destroyed them.

W. Kelly Translation

and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone; therefore have they destroyed them.

WK Verse Note

(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)