They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
(One) shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save - (, with which contrast Isa. 46:19 .)
Verse Isaiah 46:7. _THEY BEAR HIM UPON THE SHOULDER - AND SET HIM IN HIS_ _PLACE_] This is the way in which the Hindoos carry their gods; and indeed so exact a picture is this of the _idolatrous proce...
THEY BEAR HIM UPON THE SHOULDER - They carry the idol which they have made on their shoulder to the temple, or place where it is to be fixed. This circumstance, with the others, is doubtless introduce...
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...
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...
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...
3. SOVEREIGN OVER NATIONS, Chapter S 46 - 47 a. CONDEMNING THEIR GODS TEXT: Isaiah 46:1-13 1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: the things that ye...
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...
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...
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...
יִ֠שָּׂאֻהוּ עַל ־כָּתֵ֨ף יִסְבְּלֻ֜הוּ וְ יַנִּיחֻ֤הוּ...
Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...
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...
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...
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...
7._They shall carry them on the shoulder. _The picture is still more heightened by the description contained in this verse; for, since the idols have no feeling of any kind, they who fly to them to as...
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...
THEY BEAR HIM UPON THE SHOULDER, THEY CARRY HIM,.... That is, the idol; men carry him upon their shoulders in procession, and expose him to the view and veneration of the people, just as the host is c...
They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, [one] shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out o...
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...
_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...
They bear him, lifting their idol up from the place where he was cast, UPON THE SHOULDER, THEY CARRY HIM, AND SET HIM IN HIS PLACE, on the pedestal, in the niche intended for him, AND HE STANDETH, a d...
THE FALL OF BABYLON'S IDOLS...
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...
THEY CARRY HIM; either, 1. In pomp upon solemn occasions; or, 2. From that place where he is made, unto that place where they intend to set him up, as it is expressed in the following words. SHALL H...
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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...
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...
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,...
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. ⇐...
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...
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...
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
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...
1 Kings 18:26; 1 Kings 18:40; 1 Samuel 5:3; Daniel 3:1; Isaiah 37:38;...
Remove — He can stir neither hand nor foot to help his people....