Isaiah 46:1

Bel bows down. 2 Nebo stoops. 1 Their idols are carried by animals, 2 and on the livestock. 1 The things that you carried around are heavy loads, 2 a burden for the weary. 1

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2They stoop and they bow down together. 2 They could not deliver the burden, 2 but they have gone into captivity. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 12:12For I will go through the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery] in that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery], both man and animal. Against all the deities of Egypt [Abode of slavery] I will execute judgments: I am Adonai.

Isaiah 21:9Behold, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs.” He answered, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon [Confusion]; + 21:9. Quoted in Rev 14:8, 18:2 and all the engraved images of her deities are broken to the ground.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 46:1

God, by the prophet here, designing shortly to deliver them out of their captivity, prepared them for that deliverance by possessing them with a detestation of idols and with a believing confidence in God, even their own God. I. Let them not be afraid of the idols of Babylon, as if they could in any way obstruct their deliverance, for they should be defaced ( ver. 1, 2 ); but let them trust in that God who had often delivered them to do it still, to do it now, ver. 3, 4 . II. Let them not think to make idols of… Read the whole commentary →

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