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CHAPTER XLVI
_The idols of Babylon represented as so far from being able to_
_bear the burden of their votaries, that they themselves are_
_borne by beasts of burden into captivity_, 1, 2.
_This b...
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BEL BOWETH DOWN - Bel or Belus (בל _bēl_, from בעל
_b__e__‛ēl_, the same as בעל _ba‛al_ was the chief domestic
god of the Babylonians, and was worshipped in the celebrated tower of
Babylon (compare...
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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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BEL. Abbreviation of _Baal =_ lord. Here. Zeus, or Jupiter of the
Greek and Roman mythology.
NEBO. Answers to the Egyptian Anubis, Greek Hermes, and Roman
Mercurius (compare Acts 14:12). These gods w...
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BE BOWED DOWN— The prophet, as he wrote this, saw the fall of
Babylon before his eyes, the city plundered and spoiled, the temples
ravaged and destroyed, and the idols of Babylon placed upon the
beast...
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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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Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and
upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden
to the weary beast.
BEL - The same as the Phoenician Baal...
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46:1 Bel (c-1) Nebo (c-5) Idols of the Babylonians. carried (d-20)
Images carried in procession, 'portable [gods].' on, (e-23) Or
'borne,' as ver. 3, where it is applied by way of contrast to Israel....
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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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XLVI.
(1) BEL BOWETH DOWN, NEBO STOOPETH. — Bel or Belus (“Lord “), is
perhaps identical with Marduk or Merôdach, but see Note on Jeremiah
1:2. Nabu (“ the Revealer”) was a kind of Assyrian Hermes. Is...
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כָּרַ֥ע בֵּל֙ קֹרֵ֣ס נְבֹ֔ו הָיוּ֙
עֲצַבֵּיהֶ֔ם...
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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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Bel boweth down, (a) Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the (b)
beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages [were] heavily loaded;
[they were] a burden to the weary [beast].
(a) These were the chie...
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Bel; perhaps Nimrod, (Calmet) or Saturn, to whom they sacrificed their
children. (Worthington) --- Nabo, "the oracle" of Belus. The Chaldeans
adored statues and beasts. But the Persians worshipped the...
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Bel and Nebo were the names of two of the gods of Babylon. Probably
from thence, one of the kings of Babylon took the name of Belshazzar,
and another that of Nebuchadnezzar. But perhaps the former is...
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CONTENTS
The prophet here draws a fine contrast between the idol-gods, and the
Lord God of Israel; and thence takes occasion to invite the people to
the love of God, and confidence in him....
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1._Bel hath bowed down. _Isaiah continues the same subject; for we
need not trouble ourselves about the division of chapters, which have
not always been accurately divided; but we ought to examine the...
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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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Ver. 1 BEL BOWETH DOWN, NEBO STOOPETH,.... These are names of the
idols of Babylon. Bel is by some thought to be the contraction of
Baal, the god of the Phoenicians, called by them Beel; so "Beelsamin...
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Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and
upon the cattle: your carriages [were] heavy loaden; [they are] a
burden to the weary [beast].
Ver. 1. _Bel is bowed down._] Jupi...
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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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_Bel_ The chief idol of the Babylonians, called by profane historians
Jupiter Belus; _boweth down_ As the Babylonians used to _bow down_ to
him to worship him, so now he bows down, and submits himself...
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Bel, the highest deity of Babylon, BOWETH DOWN, is fallen, NEBO,
another Babylonian idol, the tutelary deity of the reigning house of
Chaldea, STOOPETH, collapsing, or falling prostrate, namely, in th...
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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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ISAIAH CHAPTER 46 The ruin of Babylon and her idols, ISAIAH 46:1,2.
God's love and faithfulness to the Jews, ISAIAH 46:3,4. Idols not to
be compared with God, ISAIAH 46:5, for power, knowledge, and su...
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Isaiah 46:1 Bel H1078 down H3766 (H8804) Nebo H5015 stoops H7164
(H8802) idols H6091 beasts H2416 cattle...
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THE GODS OF BABYLON ARE BORNE BY ASSES AND ARE WEARYING EVEN THE
ANIMAL CREATION WHICH CARRIES THEM. THEIR END IS APPROACHING (ISAIAH
46:1).
Isaiah 46:1
‘Bel bows down, Nebo stoops.
Their idols are...
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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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THE DIFFICULTY OF DELIVERING THE DELUDED FROM THEIR DELUSIONS
Isaiah 46:1. _Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, &c._
I want to fix your attention on the point where this prophecy stops.
In vision Isaiah...
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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 Samuel 5:3; Exodus 12:12; Isaiah 2:20; Isaiah 21:9; Isaiah 41:6;...
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Bel — The chief idol of the Babylonians, called by profane
historians Jupiter Belus. Boweth — As the Babylonians used to bow
down to him to worship, so now he bows down to the victorious
Persians. Neb...