Chapter 46:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 Song of Solomon Jeremiah
Isaiah 46
46:1 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 chief idols of Babylon.
(
b) Because they were of gold and silver, the
Medes and Persians carried them away.
46:2 c They
stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but
d
themselves have gone into captivity.
(
c) The beasts that carried the idols fell down
under their burden.
(
d) He derides the idols, who had neither soul
nor sense.
46:3 Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, and all the
remnant of the house of Israel, which are
e
borne [by me] from the birth, which are carried from the womb:
(
e) 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 (
Deuteronomy
32:11).
46:4 And [even] to [your] old age I [am] he; and
[even] to gray hairs will I carry [you]:
f
have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver [you].
(
f) Seeing I have begotten you, I will nourish
and preserve you forever.
46:5 To whom will ye liken me, and make [me] equal,
and
g compare me, that we may be like?
(
g) 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.
46:8
Remember this, and show yourselves men: bring [it] again to
h
mind, O ye transgressors.
(
h) Become wise, meaning, that all idolaters are
without wit or sense, like mad men.
46:11
Calling a ravenous
i bird from the east,
the man that executeth my
k 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.
(
i) That is, Cyrus, who will come as swift as a
bird and fight against Babylon.
(
k) Him by whom I have appointed to execute that
which I have determined.
46:12 Hearken to me, ye stubborn in heart, that
[are] far from
l righteousness:
(
l) Who by your incredulity would prevent the
performance of my promise.
46:13 I bring
m
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.
(
m) He shows that man's incredulity cannot
abolish the promise of God, (
Romans
3:3).
Chapter 46:
| Darby
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| Gill
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 Song of Solomon Jeremiah
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