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?
Don't you know what I and my ancestors have done to all the people of other countries? Were the gods of those nations able to save their lands from my power?
The Assyrian king is boasting about his military conquests and mocking the powerlessness of other nations' gods to protect them.
📚 Historical Context
This is part of King Sennacherib of Assyria's threatening message to King Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem around 701 BC. The Assyrian empire had conquered many nations and their capital cities, and Sennacherib was trying to intimidate Jerusalem into surrender by reminding them of his past victories. He was essentially saying that no god had been able to stop the Assyrian military machine.
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