(KJV) Isaiah 461

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⥃Babylon’s Idols

[1] Bel2 boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages [were] heavy loaden; [they are] a burden3 to the weary [beast]. [2] They stoop, they bow down together; they could4 not deliver the burden, but5 themselves are6 gone into captivity.

[3] [¶]Hearken7 unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant8 of the house of Israel, which are borne9 [by me] from the belly, which are carried from the womb: [4] And [even] to [your10] old age I [am] he; and [even] to hoar11 hairs will I carry [you]: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver [you].

[5] To whom will ye liken me, and make [me] equal, and compare me, that we may be like?12 [6] They lavish13 gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, [and] hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall14 down, yea, they worship. [7] They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him15, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, [one] shall cry16 unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble. [8] Remember17 this, and shew yourselves men: bring18 [it] again to mind, O ye transgressors. [9] Remember the former19 things of old: for I [am] God20, and [there is] none else; [I am] God, and [there is] none like21 me, [10] Declaring the end22 from the beginning, and from ancient times [the things] that are not [yet] done, saying, My counsel23 shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: [11] Calling24 a ravenous bird25 from the east, the man26 that executeth my counsel27 from a far country: yea, I have spoken28 [it], I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed [it], I will also do it.

[12] [¶]Hearken29 unto me, ye stouthearted30, that31 [are] far from righteousness: [13] I bring32 near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry33: and I will place salvation34 in Zion for Israel35 my glory.

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  1. Isa 46:1, The idols of Babylon could not save themselves; Isa 46:3, God saves his people to the end; Isa 46:5, Idols are not comparable to God for power, Isa 46:12. or present salvation. ↩

  2. Bel, called Belus by the Greek and Roman writers, is the same as Baal; and Nebo is interpreted by Castell and Norberg of Mercury; the two principal idols of Babylon. When that city was taken by the Persians, these images were carried in triumph. Isa 21:9, Isa 41:6-7; Exod 12:12; 1Sam 5:3; Jer 48:1-25, Jer 50:2, Jer 51:44, Jer 51:47, Jer 51:52 ↩

  3. Isa 2:20; Jer 10:5 ↩

  4. Isa 36:18-19, Isa 37:12, Isa 37:19, Isa 44:17, Isa 45:20 ↩

  5. Judg 18:17-18, Judg 18:24; 2Sam 5:21; Jer 43:12-13, Jer 48:7 ↩

  6. Heb. their soul is ↩

  7. Isa 44:1, Isa 44:21, Isa 48:1, Isa 48:17-18, Isa 51:1, Isa 51:7; Ps 81:8-13 ↩

  8. Isa 1:9, Isa 10:22, Isa 11:11, Isa 37:4 ↩

  9. Isa 44:1-2, Isa 49:1-2, Isa 63:9; Exod 19:4; Deut 1:31, Deut 32:11-12; Ps 22:9-10, Ps 71:6; Ezek 16:6-16 ↩

  10. Isa 41:4, Isa 43:13, Isa 43:25; Ps 92:14, Ps 102:26-27; Mal 2:16, Mal 3:6; Rom 11:29; Heb 1:12, Heb 13:8; Jas 1:17 ↩

  11. Ps 48:14, Ps 71:18 ↩

  12. Isa 40:18, Isa 40:25; Exod 15:11; Ps 86:8, Ps 89:6, Ps 89:8, Ps 113:5; Jer 10:6-7, Jer 10:16; Phil 2:6; Col 1:15; Heb 1:3 ↩

  13. Isa 40:19-20, Isa 41:6-7, Isa 44:12-19, Isa 45:20; Exod 32:2-4; Judg 17:3-4; 1Kgs 12:28; Jer 10:3-4, Jer 10:9, Jer 10:14; Hos 8:4-6; Hab 2:18-20; Acts 17:29 ↩

  14. Isa 2:8, Isa 44:17; Dan 3:5-15 ↩

  15. 1Sam 5:3; Jer 10:5; Dan 3:1 ↩

  16. Isa 37:38, Isa 45:20; Judg 10:12-14; 1Kgs 18:26, 1Kgs 18:40; Jer 2:28; Jonah 1:5, Jonah 1:14-16 ↩

  17. Isa 44:18-21; Deut 32:29; Ps 115:8, Ps 135:18; Jer 10:8; 1Cor 14:20 ↩

  18. Isa 47:7; Ezek 18:28; Hag 1:5, Hag 1:7; Luke 15:17; Eph 5:14 ↩

  19. Isa 42:9, Isa 65:17; Deut 32:7; Neh 9:7-37; Ps 78:1-72, 105:1-106:48, Ps 111:4; Jer 23:7-8; Dan 9:6-15 ↩

  20. Isa 45:5-6, Isa 45:14, Isa 45:18, Isa 45:21-22 ↩

  21. Isa 46:5; Deut 33:26 ↩

  22. Isa 41:22-23, Isa 44:7, Isa 45:21; Gen 3:15, Gen 12:2-3, Gen 49:10, Gen 49:22-26; Num 24:17-24; Deut 4:24-31, Deut 28:15-68; Acts 15:18 ↩

  23. Isa 46:11, Isa 43:13; Ps 33:11, Ps 135:6; Prov 19:21, Prov 21:30; Dan 4:35; Acts 3:23; Acts 4:27-28, Acts 5:39; Rom 11:33-34; Eph 1:9-11; Heb 6:17 ↩

  24. Isa 13:2-4, Isa 21:7-9, Isa 41:2, Isa 41:25, Isa 45:1-6; Jer 50:29, Jer 51:20-29 ↩

  25. Or, "an eagle," a very proper emblem for Cyrus, says Bp. Lowth, as in other respects, so particularly because the ensign of Cyrus was a golden eagle, ΑΕΤΟΣ χρυσους, the very word ayit which the prophet uses here, expressed as near as may be in Greek letters. Ezek 39:4 ↩

  26. Isa 44:28, Isa 45:13, Isa 48:14-15; Ezra 1:2; Ps 76:10; Acts 4:28 ↩

  27. Heb. of my counsel, Ps 119:24 *marg. ↩

  28. Isa 14:24-27, Isa 38:15; Num 23:19; Job 23:13; Jer 50:45; Acts 5:39; Eph 1:11; Eph 3:11 ↩

  29. Isa 46:3, Isa 28:23, Isa 45:20; Ps 49:1; Prov 1:22-23, Prov 8:1-5; Eph 5:14; Rev 3:17-18 ↩

  30. Isa 48:4; Ps 76:5; Zech 7:11-12; Mal 3:13-15; Acts 7:51 ↩

  31. Ps 119:150, Ps 119:155; Jer 2:5; Eph 2:13 ↩

  32. Isa 51:5, Isa 61:11; Rom 1:17, Rom 3:21-26, Rom 10:3-15 ↩

  33. Ps 14:7, Ps 46:1, Ps 46:5; Hab 2:3; Heb 10:37 ↩

  34. Isa 12:2, Isa 28:16, Isa 61:3, Isa 62:11; Joel 3:17; 1Pet 2:6 ↩

  35. Isa 43:7, Isa 44:23, Isa 60:21, Isa 61:3; Jer 33:9; Hag 1:8; John 17:10; Eph 1:6; 2Thess 1:10, 2Thess 1:12 ↩