Isaiah 46:1-3
1599 Geneva Bible
46 1 The destruction of Babylon and of their idols. 3 He calleth the Jews to the consideration of his works.
1 Bel is bowed down: [a]Nebo is fallen: their idols were upon their [b]beasts, and upon the cattle: they which did bear you, were laden with a weary burden.
2 [c]They are bowed down, and fallen together, for they could not rid them of the burden, and their [d]soul is gone into captivity.
3 Hear ye me, O house of Jacob, and all that remain of the house of Israel, which are [e]born of me from the womb, and brought up of me from the birth.
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- Isaiah 46:1 These were the chief idols of Babylon.
- Isaiah 46:1 Because they were of gold and silver, the Medes and Persians carried them away.
- Isaiah 46:2 The beasts that carried the idols, fell down under their burden.
- Isaiah 46:2 He derideth the idols, which had neither soul nor sense.
- Isaiah 46:3 He showeth the difference between the idols and the true God: for they must be carried of others, but God himself carrieth his, as Deut. 32:11.
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