Jeremiah 16:20

16:20 Can people make their own gods?

No, what they make are not gods at all.” ¹ 

Psalms 115:4

115:4 Their ²  idols are made of silver and gold –

they are man-made. ³ 

Isaiah 37:19

37:19 They have burned the gods of the nations, ⁴  for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them. ⁵ 

Isaiah 37:1

37:1 When King Hezekiah heard this, ⁶  he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the Lord’s temple.

Colossians 1:4

1:4 since ⁷  we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.

¹ tn Heb “and they are ‘no gods.’” For the construction here compare 2:11 and a similar construction in 2 Kgs 19:18 and see BDB 519 s.v. לֹא 1.b(b).

² tn The referent of the pronominal suffix is “the nations” (v. 2).

³ tn Heb “the work of the hands of man.”

³ tn Heb “and they put their gods in the fire.”

⁴ tn Heb “so they destroyed them” (NASB similar).

⁴ tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

⁵ tn The adverbial participle ἀκούσαντες (akousante") is understood to be temporal and translated with “since.” A causal idea may also be in the apostle’s mind, but the context emphasizes temporal ideas, e.g., “from the day” (v. 6).