Isaiah 1:14

1:14 I hate your new moon festivals and assemblies;

they are a burden

that I am tired of carrying.

Isaiah 46:1

The Lord Carries His People

46:1 Bel ¹  kneels down,

Nebo ²  bends low.

Their images weigh down animals and beasts. ³ 

Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals. ⁴ 

Isaiah 47:15

47:15 They will disappoint you, ⁵ 

those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth. ⁶ 

Each strays off in his own direction, ⁷ 

leaving no one to rescue you.”

Isaiah 64:10

64:10 Your chosen ⁸  cities have become a desert;

Zion has become a desert,

Jerusalem ⁹  is a desolate ruin.

[46:1]  ¹ sn Bel was the name of a Babylonian god. The name was originally associated with Enlil, but later was applied to Marduk. See HALOT 132 s.v. בֵּל.

[46:1]  ² sn Nebo is a variation of the name of the Babylonian god Nabu.

[46:1]  ³ tn Heb “their images belong to animals and beasts”; NIV “their idols are borne by beasts of burden”; NLT “are being hauled away.”

[46:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “your loads are carried [as] a burden by a weary [animal].”

[47:15]  ¹ tn Heb “So they will be to you”; NIV “That is all they can do for you.”

[47:15]  ² tn Heb “that for which you toiled, your traders from your youth.” The omen readers and star gazers are likened to merchants with whom Babylon has had an ongoing economic relationship.

[47:15]  ³ tn Heb “each to his own side, they err.”

[64:10]  ¹ tn Heb “holy” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, NLT); NIV “sacred.”

[64:10]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.