Isaiah 46:2

They stoop, they bow down together; 1 they + 46:2 Bel and Nevo, g-ds of Babylon could not save the massa (burden), 1 but their own selves are gone into shevi (captivity, Golus). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.

In Context

1Bel boweth down, Nevo stoopeth low, 1 their atzabim (idols) were upon the beasts, and upon the behemah; 1 your litters were heavy laden; 1 they are a massa (burden) to the weary beast. 1

3Pay heed unto Me, O Bais Ya'akov, 1 and kol She'erit Bais Yisroel, 1 who are borne by Me from birth, 1 who are carried from the rechem (womb); 1

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Cross References

Judges 18:17And the five anashim that went to spy out ha'aretz went up, and came in thither, and took the pesel, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the masekhah; and the kohen stood in the petach hasha'ar with the 600 men that were armed with keli milchamah.

2 Samuel 5:21And there they left their atzabim, and Dovid and his anashim burned them.

Isaiah 37:12Have the elohei HaGoyim delivered them which my avot have destroyed, as Gozan, and Charan, and Retzeph, and the Bnei Eden which were in Telassar?

Isaiah 44:17And the shererit thereof he maketh el, even his pesel; he falleth down unto it, and boweth down in worship to it, and davens unto it, and saith, Save me; for thou art Eli!

Jeremiah 43:12And I will kindle an eish in the batim (houses) of the g-ds of Mitzrayim; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captive; and he shall wrap himself with Eretz Mitzrayim, as a ro'eh putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from there in shalom.

Hosea 10:5The inhabitants of Shomron tremble 1 because of the eglot (calf-idols) of Beit-Aven; 1 for the people thereof shall mourn over it, 1 likewise the komer (idolatrous priests), 1 who shout for joy over it, 1 for its kavod from it has departed. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 46:2-5

The Folly of Idolatry. ( b. c. 708.) 1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast. 2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. 3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: 4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar… Read the whole commentary →

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