“And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.”
Hezekiah explains that the Assyrian gods are not truly gods but the work of human hands, wood and stone, and therefore have no power to save. The theological distinction between true God and false gods underlies the prayer. The oracle shows the king's understanding that the conflict between Assyria and Judah is fundamentally a conflict between the living God and false gods.
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