Dead Idols and the Living God
Their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle.
Your carriages were heavily loaded,
bA burden to the weary beast.
They could not deliver the burden,
aBut have themselves gone into captivity.
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 even to gray hairs bI will carry you!
I have made, and I will bear;
Even I will carry, and will deliver you.
And weigh silver on the scales;
They hire a bgoldsmith, and he makes it a god;
They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship.
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Isaiah 46:3
in contrast to what precedes: Babylon's idols, so far from bearing its people safely are themselves borne off, a burden to the laden beast; but Jehovah bears His people in safety even from the womb to old age (Isaiah 63:9; Deuteronomy 32:11; Psalms 71:6, Psalms 71:18). God compares Himself to a nurse tenderly carrying a child; contrast Moses' language (Numbers 11:12).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 46:3:
Ezra 1:2
Isaiah 40:11
Isaiah 46:1
Isaiah 46:1
Isaiah 63:9
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