Dead Idols and the Living God
1 Bel abows down, Nebo stoops;
Their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle.
Your carriages were heavily loaded,
bA burden to the weary beast.
Their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle.
Your carriages were heavily loaded,
bA burden to the weary beast.
2 They stoop, they bow down together;
They could not deliver the burden,
aBut have themselves gone into captivity.
They could not deliver the burden,
aBut have themselves gone into captivity.
3 “Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,
And all the remnant of the house of Israel,
aWho have been upheld by Me from1 birth,
Who have been carried from the womb:
And all the remnant of the house of Israel,
aWho have been upheld by Me from1 birth,
Who have been carried from the womb:
4 Even to your old age, aI am He,
And even to gray hairs bI will carry you!
I have made, and I will bear;
Even I will carry, and will deliver you.
And even to gray hairs bI will carry you!
I have made, and I will bear;
Even I will carry, and will deliver you.
6 aThey lavish gold out of the bag,
And weigh silver on the scales;
They hire a bgoldsmith, and he makes it a god;
They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship.
And weigh silver on the scales;
They hire a bgoldsmith, and he makes it a god;
They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship.
7 aThey bear it on the shoulder, they carry it
And set it in its place, and it stands;
From its place it shall not move.
Though bone cries out to it, yet it cannot answer
Nor save him out of his trouble.
And set it in its place, and it stands;
From its place it shall not move.
Though bone cries out to it, yet it cannot answer
Nor save him out of his trouble.
9 aRemember the former things of old,
For I am God, and bthere is no other;
I am God, and there is none like Me,
For I am God, and bthere is no other;
I am God, and there is none like Me,
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Definitions of words in Isaiah 46:1:
Beast {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Beast {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Bel {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Bel {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Burden {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Burden {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Nebo {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Nebo {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
On {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
On {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Other definition entries containing Isaiah 46:1:
Bear; Borne {I.S.B.E.}
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