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The Book of Isaiah
Chapter 46

Chapter Overview:


The ruin of Babylon and her idols, ver. 1 - 2.
God's love and faithfulness to the Jews. ver. 3 - 4.
Idols not to be compared with God, ver. 5 - 8.
for power, knowledge, and sure salvation, ver. 9 - 13.
Verses:
46:1Bel - The chief idol of the Babylonians, called by profane historians Jupiter Belus. Boweth - As the Babylonians used to bow down to him to worship, so now he bows down to the victorious Persians.Nebo - Another of the famous idols, which used to deliver oracles.Their idols - Were taken and broken, and the materials of them, gold, silver, and brass, were carried upon beasts into Persia.Your carriages - O ye Persians, to whom he turns his speech.
46:2They - The Babylonians. Together - The Babylonians and their idols together, neither could help the other. Deliver - The Babylonians could not deliver their idols.
46:3Carried - Whom I have nourished, ever since you were a people, and came out of Egypt; and that as tenderly, as parents bring up their own children.
46:7Remove - He can stir neither hand nor foot to help his people.
46:8Bring it - Think of this again and again, ye who have been guilty of this foolish sin.
46:10Declaring - Foretelling from the beginning of the world, future events which should happen in succeeding ages, even to the end of the world.
46:11A bird - Cyrus, called a bird for his swiftness, and ravenous for his fierceness, and victoriousness over his enemies.
46:13I bring - Tho' you are unrighteous, I will shew myself a righteous and faithful God, making good my promise of delivering you out of Babylon after seventy years. It - My work of saving you from the Babylonish captivity. Will place - I will bring my people to Zion, and save them from all their enemies. My glory - In whom I will once again glory as my people.