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God is Unique and Eternal

46 “Bel[a] bows down, Nebo[b] stoops low.
    Their idols are on beasts, on[c] livestock.
        Your loads are more burdensome than their reports.[d]
They stoop, they bow down together,
    and[e] they are not able to rescue the burden,
        but they themselves go off[f] into captivity.

“Listen[g] to me, house of Jacob,
    and all you remnant of the house of Israel,
who have been upheld from before your birth,
    and who have been carried from the womb.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 46:1 I.e. the Babylonian sun god Marduk
  2. Isaiah 46:1 I.e. Nabu, the Babylonian god of astronomy and learning, son of Marduk
  3. Isaiah 46:1 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read and on
  4. Isaiah 46:1 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsab MT LXX read burdensome, a load for the weary
  5. Isaiah 46:2 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks and
  6. Isaiah 46:2 So 1QIsaa LXX (pl.); 4QIsab MT (sing.)
  7. Isaiah 46:3 So 1QIsaa (sing.); MT LXX (pl.)

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.
They stoop and bow down together;
    unable to rescue the burden,
    they themselves go off into captivity.(D)

“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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Footnotes

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