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Verse Isaiah 46:3. _WHICH ARE BORNE_ BY ME _FROM THE BELLY_ - "Ye
that have been borne by me from the birth"] The prophet very
ingeniously, and with great force, contrasts the power of God, and his
t...
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HEARKEN UNTO ME - From this view of the captive gods, the address is
now turned to the Jews. The utter vanity of the idols had been set
before them; and in view of that, God now addresses his own peop...
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CHAPTER 46
1. _Babylon Is to Fall The Babylonian idols carried by the beasts
(Isaiah 46:1)_ 2. _How Jehovah carries His people (Isaiah 46:3)_ 3.
_The divine reproach (Isaiah 46:5)_ 4. A ravenous bird...
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THE HELPLESS PLIGHT OF BABYLON'S GODS CONTRASTED WITH THE SAVING MIGHT
OF YAHWEH.
Isaiah 46:1 f. In vision the prophet sees the images of Babylon's gods
(two of the most prominent are named), taken fr...
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HEARKEN. Note the two calls to hear: here, and Isaiah 46:12. See
App-82.
HOUSE OF JACOB. See note on Isaiah 2:5.
HOUSE OF ISRAEL. See note on Isaiah 5:7.
WHICH. who are borne. Reference to Pentateuc...
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DISCOURSE: 945
GOD’S CARE FOR HIS PEOPLE
Isaiah 46:3. _Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant
of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which
are carried from the...
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HEARKEN UNTO ME— The Almighty introduces the reproof that he was
about to urge with a preface, in these words, assuring the exiles, in
the strongest manner, of the singular and constant care of his
pr...
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3. SOVEREIGN OVER NATIONS, Chapter S 46 - 47
a. CONDEMNING THEIR GODS
TEXT: Isaiah 46:1-13
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Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and
upon the cattle: the things that ye...
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THE CONTRAST BETWEEN JEHOVAH AND THE DEITIES OF BABYLON
1, 2. The idols of Babylon will be borne away by the conquerors
amongst the spoil, the gods being powerless to save their images. I.
Bel] the c...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 46
THE END FOR BABYLON’S GODS
V1 The chief gods of Babylon were called Be...
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God reminds his special people that he was ‘carrying’ (looking
after) them even before their birth (see Exodus 19:4). He will
continue to do so all their lives.
BABYLON’S GODS CANNOT DO ANYTHING
V5...
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HEARKEN UNTO ME. — The prophet’s choice of words is singularly
emphatic. The false gods are borne away as a burden. The true God
bears, _i.e.,_ supports, His people. He is able to bear that burden.
Ev...
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שִׁמְע֤וּ אֵלַי֙ בֵּ֣ית יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְ
כָל ־שְׁא
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Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...
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GOD'S SALVATION SHALL NOT TARRY
Isaiah 46:1-13
Here is a startling contrast! Babylon is broken up. An invading army
of stern monotheists have slain the idolatrous priests at their altars
and are enga...
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This chapter and the next contain the prophecy of the fall of Babylon.
This one describes the failure of the gods. It opens with a graphic
picture of the idols being hurried away for safety, carried o...
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Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of
Israel, which are (e) borne [by me] from the birth, which are carried
from the womb:
(e) He shows the difference between the idols...
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_By my. Vulgate may have read a me ab, (Calmet) instead of a meo.
Hebrew and Septuagint, "taken from the womb," (Haydock) and treated
with the utmost tenderness. (Calmet)_...
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The Lord having, in the preceding verses, shown the wretchedness of
idols, utterly unable to help themselves, and consequently incapable
of helping others; in these blessed words, calls upon his peopl...
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3._Hear me. _Here the Prophet beautifully points out the vast
difference between the true God and idols. Having formerly said that
the Babylonian gods must be drawn on waggons and carts, because they...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 46, 47, AND 48.
In Chapter s 46, 47, the application is made to Babylon and to her
idols, but still as pleading for Israel as beloved of God; for
governmental...
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HEARKEN UNTO ME, O HOUSE OF JACOB,.... The Jews, the descendants of
Jacob:
AND ALL THE REMNANT OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL; those that remained of the
ten tribes that had been carried captive long ago. Th...
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Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of
Israel, which are borne [by me] from the belly, which are carried from
the womb:
Ver. 3. _Which are borne by me from the belly._...
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Isa. 46:1-7. Bel and Nebo, the gods of Babylon, were first carried by
men on their shoulders, verse 7, and then afterwards when Babylon was
destroyed they were carried by the beasts. When the Medes an...
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_Hearken, &c., all the remnant of the house of Israel_ All that remain
of the twelve tribes. He terms them a _remnant_, either because the
ten tribes were already carried into captivity by Shalmaneser...
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Hearken unto Me, O house of Jacob and all the remnant of the house of
Israel, all those whom the Lord has chosen to be his own peculiar
people, WHICH ARE BORNE BY ME FROM THE BELLY, WHICH ARE CARRIED...
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THE FALL OF BABYLON'S IDOLS...
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1-4 The heathen insulted the Jews, as if their idols Bel and Nebo
were too hard for Jehovah. But their worshippers cannot help them;
both the idols and the idolaters are gone into captivity. Let not...
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ALL THE REMNANT OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL; fitly so called, with respect
either,
1. To all the tribes of Israel, ten of which were now lost and gone;
or,
2. To the state of the Jews at their return from...
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Isaiah 46:3 Listen H8085 (H8798) house H1004 Jacob H3290 remnant H7611
house H1004 Israel H3478 upheld H6006 ...
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WHILE THE GODS OF THE NATIONS HAVE TO BE BORNE BY MAN AND BEAST,
YAHWEH HIMSELF IN CONTRAST BEARS HIS PEOPLE (ISAIAH 46:3).
Isaiah 46:3
“Listen to me, O house of Jacob,
And all the remnant of the h...
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CONTENTS: Israel exhorted to remember the power of God and
powerlessness of idols.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: False gods will certainly fail the worshippers when they
have most need of them. It is...
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Isaiah 46:1. _Bel_ or Baal. See on Numbers 32:38. It is understood
that the name is derived from Belus; the history is involved in
obscurity. The priests every night prepared him a voluptuous supper,...
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_Bel boweth down_
BEL AND NEBO
Bel and Nebo are the Jupiter and Mercury of the Babylonian pantheon
(they are represented by these planets), and were the supreme deities
in Babylon at this time.
Bel...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 46:1 The Lord will humiliate the idols of
human self-worship and will demonstrate that he is the one true God.
⇐...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 46:3 BORNE BY ME. While the idols must be
carried, the God of Israel carries his people. THE REMNANT. Those who
survived the Babylonian captivity. from before your birth
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 46:1, ISAIAH 46:2
THE FALL OF THE GODS OF BABYLON. Among the direct consequences of the
victories of Cyrus will be
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Isaiah chapter 46. Now in Isaiah 46:1-13 we get a short contrast
between God, the true and the living eternal God that created the
heavens and the earth, and the false gods that these people were
wors...
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Deuteronomy 1:31; Deuteronomy 32:11; Deuteronomy 32:12; Exodus 19:4;...
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Carried — 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....