イザヤ書 46:3-7 JC

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 46:1-4

We are here told, I. That the false gods will certainly fail their worshippers when they have most need of them, Isa. 46:1, 2. Bel and Nebo were two celebrated idols of Babylon. Some make Bel to be a contraction of Baal; others rather think not, but that it was Belus, one of their first kings, who after his death was deified. As Bel was a deified prince, so (some think) Nebo was a deified prophet, for so Nebo signifies; so that Bel and Nebo were their Jupiter and their Mercury or Apollo.... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 46:5-13

The deliverance of Israel by the destruction of Babylon (the general subject of all these chapters) is here insisted upon, and again promised, for the conviction both of idolaters who set up as rivals with God, and of oppressors who were enemies to the people of God. I. For the conviction of those who made and worshipped idols, especially those of Israel who did so, who would have images of their God, as the Babylonians had of theirs, 1. He challenges them either to frame an image that should... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 46:3

Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob ,.... The Jews, the descendants of Jacob: and all the remnant of the house of Israel ; those that remained of the ten tribes that had been carried captive long ago. These may, in a spiritual sense, design those who are Israelites indeed; the household of the God of Jacob; the chosen of God, and called; the remnant according to the election of grace: which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb : here the Lord distinguishes... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 46:4

And even to your old age I am he ,.... The same he ever was, the eternal and unchangeable Jehovah; the same in his love and affections; in his sympathy and care; in his power and protection; in his promises, truth, and faithfulness to his people, in their last days, as at the first moment of their conversion; and therefore they are safe; see Psalm 102:27 , and even to hoar hairs will I carry you F14 This seems to express more than old age, as Ben Melech observes hence the Jews say,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 46:5

To whom will ye liken me ?.... Was it lawful that any likeness might be made, which yet is forbidden, Exodus 20:4 what likeness could be thought of? is there any creature in heaven or earth, among all the angels or sons of men, to whom God can be likened, who has done such works of power, and acts of grace, as to care and provide not only for the house of Israel, from the beginning of their state to the close of it, but for all his creatures from the beginning of life to the end thereof,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 46:6

They lavish gold out of the bag ,.... As if it was of no value and account; that is, the Heathen idolaters, some of them, who are excessively devoted to idolatry; these, being rich, take out their bags of gold, and give it in a very profuse manner to a workman to make a golden image for them, not caring what it cost them; such an one was that which Nebuchadnezzar made, sixty cubits high, and six broad, Daniel 3:1 see an instance of profuseness this way in the Israelites themselves, Exodus... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 46:7

They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him ,.... That is, the idol; men carry him upon their shoulders in procession, and expose him to the view and veneration of the people, just as the host is carried in procession by the Papists; or the idol being made, the workman or his men lift it up, for it cannot lift up itself, and take it upon their shoulders, and carry it home to the proprietor: and set him in his place ; in his house, if an household god: or in the temple, church, or... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 46:3

Which are borne by me from the belly "Ye that have been borne by me from the birth" - The prophet very ingeniously, and with great force, contrasts the power of God, and his tender goodness effectually exerted towards his people, with the inability of the false gods of the heathen. He like an indulgent father had carried his people in his arms, "as a man carrieth his son," Deuteronomy 1:31 . He had protected them, and delivered them from their distresses: whereas the idols of the heathen... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 46:7

They bear him upon the shoulder - and set him in his place - This is the way in which the Hindoos carry their gods; and indeed so exact a picture is this of the idolatrous procession of this people, that the prophet might almost be supposed to have been sitting among the Hindoos when he delivered this prophecy. - Ward'S Customs. Pindar has treated with a just and very elegant ridicule the work of the statuary even in comparison with his own poetry, from this circumstance of its being fixed... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 46:1-4

Men bearing gods, and God bearing his people. The pitiable and even ludicrous insufficiency of idolatry is admirably drawn in this picture. We see the beasts bowed down with the images of the helpless deities of Chaldea In what striking and glowing contrast does the relation of Jehovah to his people appear! From the very infancy of Israel God had borne them in the arms of his faithfulness and power; and his tender kindness in the past would extend to the furthest future. Even to old age he... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 46:1-4

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 46:5-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 46:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 46:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 46:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 46:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 46:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 46:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 46:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 46:1-4

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