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THEY LAVISH GOLD - The word used here means properly to shake out; and
then to pour out abundantly, or in a lavish manner. It is used in
connection with the idea of squandering in Deuteronomy 21:20; P...
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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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GOD. Hebrew El. App-4....
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TO WHOM WILL YE LIKEN ME— We have in these verses the conviction
itself, exhibiting the vanity of idolatry. The argument is similar to
that in chap. Isaiah 40:18, &c. and Isaiah 44:12, &c. except that...
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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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An *idol can be very expensive to make. But its maker has completely
wasted his money. No *idol can ever do anything to help its owner.
GOD’S PLANS NEVER FAIL
V8 ‘Remember this, you people who do n...
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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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הַ זָּלִ֤ים זָהָב֙ מִ כִּ֔יס וְ כֶ֖סֶף
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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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Amidst all the folly of idolatry, there is one feature, in which the
worshippers become a reproach to us: I mean, in that they spared no
expense in their religious rites. This scripture saith they lav...
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6._Lavishing gold out of bags. _The Prophet had formerly said this,
and he now repeats it, in order to fix this doctrine more and more
deeply on the hearts of men; for superstition has struck its root...
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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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THEY LAVISH GOLD OUT OF THE BAG,.... As if it was of no value and
account; that is, the Heathen idolaters, some of them, who are
excessively devoted to idolatry; these, being rich, take out their
bags...
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They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance,
[and] hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea,
they worship.
Ver. 6. _They lavish gold out of the bag._] They s...
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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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_To whom will you liken me_, &c. If you be tempted at any time to
exchange me for an idol, do me and yourselves the right seriously to
consider, whether you can find another god, who will be more able...
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They lavish gold out of the bag, paying it out in large quantities, or
producing it in heaps as material for the craftsman, AND WEIGH SILVER
IN THE BALANCE, cheerfully opening their treasures, AND HIR...
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THE FALL OF BABYLON'S IDOLS...
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5-13 Here the folly of those who made idols, and then prayed to them,
is exposed. How does the profuseness of idolaters shame the
niggardliness of many who call themselves God's servants, but are for...
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MAKETH IT A GOD; let us suppose, a god made with the greatest cost and
art....
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Isaiah 46:6 lavish H2107 (H8801) gold H2091 bag H3599 weigh H8254
(H8799) silver H3701 scales H7070 hire...
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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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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 46:6 Created gods are dependent on their
creators. THEY CARRY IT. If a god has to be carried, how can it help
its worshipers? IT CANNOT MOVE. If a god cannot move, how can it
int...
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GOD INCOMPARABLE
Isaiah 46:5. _To whom then will ye liken Me? &c._
I. THE DOCTRINE TAUGHT BY THE PROPHET. Evidently that God is
incomparable. He is so—
1. _In the splendour of His perfections_. He i...
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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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1 Kings 12:28; Acts 17:29; Daniel 3:5; Exodus 32:2; Habakkuk 2:18;...