Isaiah:46

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* Bel boweth down , (note :)These were the chief idols of Babylon .(:note ) Nebo stoopeth , their idols were upon the Because they were of gold and silver , the Medes and Persians carried them away . beasts , and upon the cattle : your carriages [were ] heavily loaded ; [they were ] a burden to the weary [beast ]. * * Hearken to me , O house of Jacob , and all the remnant of the house of Israel , which are (note :)He shows the difference between the idols and the true God ; for they must be carried by others , but God himself carries his , as in ( Deu_32:11 ).(:note ) borne [by me ] from the birth , which are carried from the womb : * And [even ] to [your ] old age I [am ] he ; and [even ] to gray hairs will I carry [you ]: (note :)Seeing I have begotten you , I will nourish and preserve you forever .(:note ) have made , and I will bear ; even I will carry , and will deliver [you ]. * To whom will ye liken me , and make [me ] equal , and (note :)The people of God setting their own calamity , and the flourishing estate of the Babylonians , would be tempted to think that their God was not so mighty as the idols of their enemies : therefore he describes the original of all the idols to make them to be abhorred by all men : showing that the most that can be spoken in their commendation , is but to prove them vile .(:note ) compare me , that we may be like ? * They draw gold out of the bagge &amp ; weigh siluer in the balance , and hire a goldsmith to make a god of it , and they bowe downe , and worship it . * They beare it vpon the shoulders : they carie him and set him in his place : so doeth he stand , and cannot remoue from his place . Though one crie vnto him , yet can he not answere , nor deliuer him out of his tribulation . * Remember this , and show yourselves men : bring [it ] again to (note :)Become wise , meaning , that all idolaters are without wit or sense , like mad men .(:note ) mind , O ye transgressors . * Remember the former things of old : for I am God , and there is none other God , and there is nothing like me , * Which declare the last thing from the beginning : and from of olde , the things that were not done , saying , My counsell shall stand , and I will doe whatsoeuer I will . * Calling a ravenous (note :)That is , Cyrus , who will come as swift as a bird and fight against Babylon .(:note ) bird from the east , the man that executeth my Him by whom I have appointed to execute that which I have determined . counsel from a far country : yea , I have spoken [it ], I will also bring it to pass ; I have purposed [it ], I will also perform it . * Hearken to me , ye stubborn in heart , that [are ] far from (note :)Who by your incredulity would prevent the performance of my promise .(:note ) righteousness : * I bring (note :)He shows that man 's incredulity cannot abolish the promise of God , ( Rom_3:3 ).(:note ) near my righteousness ; it shall not be far off , and my salvation shall not delay : and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory .

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