Hawker's Poor man's commentary
Isaiah 46:1
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
To make *idols in the beginning is hard work (see Isaiah 44:12). To have enemies who force you to carry your *idols to foreign countries, is also hard work. No *idol of a god can move by itself. Neith...
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...
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...
כָּרַ֥ע בֵּל֙ קֹרֵ֣ס נְבֹ֔ו הָיוּ֙ עֲצַבֵּיהֶ֔ם...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
THE FALL OF BABYLON'S IDOLS...
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...
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...
Isaiah 46:1 Bel H1078 down H3766 (H8804) Nebo H5015 stoops H7164 (H8802) idols H6091 beasts H2416 cattle...
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...
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,...
_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...
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. ⇐...
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...
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 Samuel 5:3; Exodus 12:12; Isaiah 2:20; Isaiah 21:9; Isaiah 41:6;...
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...