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Isaiah 46:1-3
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Isaiah 46:1-3
New International Version
Gods of Babylon
Footnotes
- Isaiah 46:1 Or are but beasts and cattle
Isaiah 46:1-3
English Standard Version
Isaiah 46:1-3
English Standard Version
The Idols of Babylon and the One True God
46 (A)Bel bows down; Nebo stoops;
their idols are on beasts and livestock;
these things you carry are borne
as burdens on weary beasts.
2 They stoop; they bow down together;
they cannot save the burden,
but (B)themselves go into captivity.
3 “Listen to me, O house of Jacob,
all the remnant of the house of Israel,
(C)who have been borne by me from before your birth,
carried from the womb;
Isaiah 46:1-3
New King James Version
Isaiah 46:1-3
New King James Version
Dead Idols and the Living God
46 Bel (A)bows down, Nebo stoops;
Their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle.
Your carriages were heavily loaded,
(B)A burden to the weary beast.
2 They stoop, they bow down together;
They could not deliver the burden,
(C)But have themselves gone into captivity.
3 “Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,
And all the remnant of the house of Israel,
(D)Who have been upheld by Me from [a]birth,
Who have been carried from the womb:
Footnotes
- Isaiah 46:3 Lit. the belly
Isaiah 46:1-3
Names of God Bible
Isaiah 46:1-3
Names of God Bible
Babylon’s Idols Will Go into Captivity
46 The god Bel bows down; the god Nebo stoops low.
Their statues are seated on animals and cattle.
The gods that you carry are burdens, a load for weary people.
2 These gods stoop low and bow down together.
They aren’t able to escape with heavy loads.
They go away into captivity.
3 Listen to me, descendants of Jacob,
the few people left of the nation of Israel.
I’ve carried you since your birth.
I’ve taken care of you from the time you were born.
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