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Young's Literal TranslationIsaiah Chapter 46 1 Bowed down hath Bel, stooping is Nebo, Their idols have been for the beast and for cattle, Your burdens are loaded, a burden to the weary. 2 They have stooped, they have bowed together, They have not been able to deliver the burden, And themselves into captivity have gone. 3 Hearken unto Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of Israel, Who are borne from the belly, Who are carried from the womb, 4 Even to old age I [am] He, and to grey hairs I carry, I made, and I bear, yea, I carry and deliver. 5 To whom do ye liken Me, and make equal? And compare Me, that we may be like? 6 #NAME? 7 They lift him up on the shoulder, They carry him, and cause him to rest in his place, And he standeth, from his place he moveth not, Yea, one crieth unto him, and he answereth not, From his adversity he saveth him not. 8 Remember this, and shew yourselves men, Turn [it] back, O transgressors, to the heart. 9 Remember former things of old, For I [am] Mighty, and there is none else, God -- and there is none like Me. 10 Declaring from the beginning the latter end, And from of old that which hath not been done, Saying, 'My counsel doth stand, And all My delight I do.' 11 Calling from the east a ravenous bird, From a far land the man of My counsel, Yea, I have spoken, yea, I bring it in, I have formed [it], yea, I do it. 12 Hearken unto Me, ye mighty in heart, Who are far from righteousness. 13 I have brought near My righteousness, It is not far off, And My salvation -- it doth not tarry, And I have given in Zion salvation, To Israel My glory! Click a link to see an entire chapter       Articles that contain references to Isaiah 465 results found for Isaiah 46: Show Isaiah 46 in other versions: ASV BBE DBY GFR KJV WEB YLT ESV | Jamison Bible CommentaryIsaiah Chapter 46 1 Babylon's Idols Could Not Save Themselves, Much Less Her. But God Can and Will Save Israel: Cyrus Is His Instrument. 1. Bel the same as the Phœnician Baal, that is, lord, the chief god of Babylon; to it was dedicated the celebrated tower of Babylon, in the center of one of the two parts into which the city was divided, the palace being in the center of the other. Identical with the sun, worshipped on turrets, housetops, and other high places, so as to be nearer the heavenly hosts (Saba) (Gesenius identifies Bel with the planet Jupiter, which, with the planet Venus (under the name Astarte or Astaroth), was worshipped in the East as the god of fortune, the most propitious star to be born under (see on Isa 65:11). According to the Apocryphal book, Bel and the Dragon, Bel was cast down by Cyrus. boweth stoopeth falleth prostrate (Isa 10:4; 1Sa 5:3, 4; Ps 20:8). Nebo the planet Mercury or Hermes, in astrology. The scribe of heaven, answering to the Egyptian Anubis. The extensive worship of it is shown by the many proper names compounded of it: Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuzar-adan, Nabonassar, c. were upon that is, were a burden (supplied from the following clause) upon. It was customary to transport the gods of the vanquished to the land of the conquerors, who thought thereby the more effectually to keep down the subject people (1Sa 5:1, c.; Jer 48:7; 49:3; Da 11:8). carriages in the Old English sense of the things carried, the images borne by you: the lading (Ac 21:15), "carriages," not the vehicles, but the baggage. Or, the images which used to be carried by you formerly in your solemn processions [Maurer]. were heavy loaden rather, are put as a load on the beasts of burden [Maurer]. Horsley translates, "They who should have been your carriers (as Jehovah is to His people, Isa 46:4). 2 2. deliver from the enemies' hands. burden their images laid on the beasts (Isa 46:1). themselves the gods, here also distinguished from their images. 3 3. in contrast to what precedes: Babylon's idols, so far from bearing its people safely are themselves borne off, a burden to the laden beast; but Jehovah bears His people in safety even from the womb to old age (Isa 63:9; De 32:11; Ps 71:6, 18). God compares Himself to a nurse tenderly carrying a child; contrast Moses' language (Nu 11:12). 4 4. old age As "your""you""you," are not in the Hebrew, the sentiment is more general than English Version, though of course it includes the Jews from the infancy to the more advanced age of their history (Isa 47:6). I am he that is, the same (Ps 102:27; Joh 8:24; Heb 13:8). I will bear carry Not only do I not need to be borne and carried Myself, as the idols (Isa 46:1). 5 5. (Isa 40:18, 25). 6 6. (Isa 40:19, 20; 41:7.) They lavish gold out of their purses and spare no expense for their idol. Their profuseness shames the niggardliness of professors who worship God with what cost them nothing. Sin is always a costly service. 7 7. cry can not save(Isa 45:20, with which contrast Isa 45:19). 8 8. show yourselves men Renounce the childishness of idolatry as shown in what precedes (1Co 14:20; 16:13; Eph 4:14). In order to be manly we must be godly; for man was made "in the image of God," and only rises to his true dignity when joined to God; virtue is derived from the Latin vir, "a man." bring to mind rather, "lay it to heart." transgressors addressed to the idolaters among the Jews. 9 9. former namely, proofs of the sole Godship of Jehovah, from predictions fulfilled, and interpositions of God in behalf of Israel (Isa 45:5). 10 10. (Isa 45:21; 41:22, 23; 44:26). yet not in the Hebrew. Translate, "What had not been done" [Horsley]. do all my pleasure(Isa 53:10; Ro 9:19). 11 11. ravenous bird Cyrus so called on account of the rapidity of his marches from the distant regions of Persia to pounce on his prey (see on Isa 41:2; Isa 41:25; Jer 49:22; Eze 17:3). The standard of Cyrus, too, was a golden eagle on a spear (see the heathen historian, Xenophon, 7, where almost the same word is used, aetos, as here, ayit). executeth my counsel(Isa 44:28; 45:13). Babylon represents, mystically, the apostate faction: the destruction of its idols symbolizes the future general extirpation of all idolatry and unbelief. purposed also do it(Isa 43:13). 12 12. stout-hearted stubborn in resisting God (Ps 76:5; Ac 7:51). far from righteousness(Isa 59:9; Hab 2:4). 13 13. near antithetical to "far" (Isa 46:12; Isa 51:5; 56:1; 61:10, 11; Ro 10:6-8). righteousness answering to "salvation" in the parallel clause; therefore it means here, "my righteous deliverance"; righteous, because proving the truth of God's promises, and so contrived as to not compromise, but vindicate, His righteousness (Isa 42:21; Ro 3:26). Zion my glory rather, "I will give salvation in Zion; to Israel (I will give) my glory" [Horsley]. (Isa 63:11; Ps 14:7; Lu 2:32). Click a link to see an entire chapter Show Isaiah 46 in other versions: ASV BBE DBY GFR KJV WEB YLT ESV |