_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 to the victorious Persians. _Nebo stoopeth_ Another of their famous idols, probably a deified proph... [ Continue Reading ]
_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, or because he addresses that remnant of the two tribes, which he foresaw would return from Babylon... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 and more ready to do you good than I have been. _They lavish gold &c., and he maketh it a god_ Let... [ Continue Reading ]
_Remember the former things_ What I have done for you and in the world, my evident predictions of future things, justified by the event; and those other miraculous works, whereby I have abundantly proved my divinity. _Declaring the end from the beginning_ Foretelling from the beginning of the world,... [ Continue Reading ]
_Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted_ “God had addressed those kindly who had suffered themselves, through imprudence, to be seduced from the right way, and whose conversion might more reasonably be expected; but he speaks more severely to the hypocrites, the incredulous, the _fierce_ and _proud in he... [ Continue Reading ]