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Text -- Isaiah 46:1-13 (NET)
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The Lord Carries His People
46:1 Bel kneels down , Nebo bends low . Their images weigh down animals and beasts . Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals.
46:2 Together they bend low and kneel down ; they are unable to rescue the images ; they themselves head off into captivity .
46:3 “Listen to me, O family of Jacob , all you who are left from the family of Israel , you who have been carried from birth , you who have been supported from the time you left the womb .
46:4 Even when you are old , I will take care of you, even when you have gray hair , I will carry you. I made you and I will support you; I will carry you and rescue you.
46:5 To whom can you compare and liken me? Tell me whom you think I resemble , so we can be compared !
46:6 Those who empty out gold from a purse and weigh out silver on the scale hire a metalsmith , who makes it into a god . They then bow down and worship it.
46:7 They put it on their shoulder and carry it; they put it in its place and it just stands there; it does not move from its place . Even when someone cries out to it, it does not reply ; it does not deliver him from his distress .
46:8 Remember this , so you can be brave ! Think about it, you rebels !
46:9 Remember what I accomplished in antiquity ! Truly I am God , I have no peer ; I am God , and there is none like me,
46:10 who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred , who says , ‘My plan will be realized , I will accomplish what I desire ,’
46:11 who summons an eagle from the east , from a distant land , one who carries out my plan . Yes , I have decreed , yes , I will bring it to pass; I have formulated a plan , yes , I will carry it out .
46:12 Listen to me, you stubborn people, you who distance yourself from doing what is right .
46:13 I am bringing my deliverance near , it is not far away ; I am bringing my salvation near, it does not wait . I will save Zion ; I will adorn Israel with my splendor .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Isaiah, The Book of |
Isaiah |
God |
BEAR; BORNE |
Idolatry |
Nebo |
Bel |
EAGLE |
Impenitence |
BALANCE |
ISAIAH, 8-9 |
GATE |
Babylon |
Justification |
Church |
FOREKNOW; FOREKNOWLEDGE |
Goldsmith |
Salvation |
CARRIAGE |
HERD |
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NET Notes: Isa 46:2 The downfall of Babylon is depicted here. The idols are carried off by the victorious enemy; the gods are likened to defeated captives who cower befor...
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NET Notes: Isa 46:4 Unlike the weary idol gods, whose images must be carried by animals, the Lord carries his weary people.
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NET Notes: Isa 46:6 Heb “the reed,” probably referring to the beam of a scales. See BDB 889 s.v. קָנֶה 4.c.
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NET Notes: Isa 46:7 Or perhaps, “cannot,” here and in the following two lines. The imperfect forms can indicate capability.
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NET Notes: Isa 46:8 Heb “return [it], rebels, to heart”; NRSV “recall it to mind, you transgressors.”
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