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Isaiah 46:1-3
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False Gods Are Useless

46 Bel bows down and Nebo bends low [C important gods of Babylon].
    Their ·idols [images] ·are carried by animals [L belong to beasts and cattle].
The statues are only heavy loads
    carried by tired animals.
2 ·These gods will all ·bow [stoop and bow] down.
    They cannot save themselves
but will all be carried away ·like prisoners [into captivity].

3 “·Family [L House] of Jacob, listen to me!
    All ·you people from Israel who are still alive [the remnant of the house of Israel], listen!
I have carried you since you were born;
    I have taken care of you from ·your birth [L the womb].

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Isaiah 46:1-3
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Gods of Babylon

46 Bel(A) bows down, Nebo stoops low;
    their idols(B) are borne by beasts of burden.[a]
The images that are carried(C) about are burdensome,
    a burden for the weary.
2 They stoop and bow down together;
    unable to rescue the burden,
    they themselves go off into captivity.(D)

3 “Listen(E) to me, you descendants of Jacob,
    all the remnant(F) of the people of Israel,
you whom I have upheld since your birth,(G)
    and have carried(H) since you were born.(I)

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  1. Isaiah 46:1 Or are but beasts and cattle
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