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Isaiah 36:20

36:19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

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Who are they among all the gods of these countries that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?’”

Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

36:21 But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

What does Isaiah 36:20 mean?

Isaiah 36:20 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym), אֶרֶץ (ʼerets), נָצַל (nâtsal).

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Who
are
they
among
all
the
godsאֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
of
these
lands,אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
that
have
deliveredנָצַלnâtsal/naw-tsal'/H5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
their
landאֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
out
of
my
hand,יָדyâd/yawd/H3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
that
the
LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
should
deliverנָצַלnâtsal/naw-tsal'/H5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםYᵉrûwshâlaim/yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im/H3389Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
out
of
my
hand?יָדyâd/yawd/H3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Genesis 2:5

And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 1:10

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:11

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. grass: Heb. tender grass

Genesis 1:12

And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:17

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

Genesis 1:2

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

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What does Isaiah 36:20 say?

Isaiah 36:20 (King James Version) reads: "Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?"

Is Isaiah 36:20 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 36:20 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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