Isaiah 46

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 46:1-7

The Fall of Babylon's Idols v. 1. Bel, the highest deity of Babylon, boweth down, is fallen, Nebo, another Babylonian idol, the tutelary deity of the reigning house of Chaldea, stoopeth, collapsing, or falling prostrate, namely, in the plundering of the city; their idols were upon the beasts and upon the cattle, when the beasts of burden dragged them away as a part of the conqueror's booty. Your carriages were heavy loaden, they are a burden to the weary beast, that is, the statues of... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 46:8-13

A Reproof of Israel's Refusal to Believe the Divine Promises v. 8. Remember this, keeping in mind what the Lord was now about to proclaim, and show yourselves men, renouncing the childishness of idolatry; bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors, those who were forgetting the covenant and forsaking the true God. v. 9. Remember the former things of old, the miracles of God which happened in the earliest history of Israel, 43:18; for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Isaiah 46:1-13

VII.—THE SEVENTH DISCOURSEThe overthrow of the Babylonian idols, and the gain that Israel shall derive from it for its knowledge of GodIsaiah 46:01. ISRAEL SHALL KNOW ITS GOD FROM THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIM WHO BEARS AND THE IDOLS THAT ARE BORNEIsaiah 46:1-41 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth,Their idols 1were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle:2Your carriages were heavy loaden;They are a burden to the weary beast.2 They stoop, they bow down together;They could not deliver the... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Isaiah 46:12-13

Isaiah A RIGHTEOUSNESS NEAR AND A SWIFT SALVATION Isa_46:12 - Isa_46:13 . God has promised that He will dwell with him that is humble and of a contrite heart. Jesus has shed the oil of His benediction on the poor in spirit. It is the men who form the exact antithesis to these characters who are addressed here. The ‘stout-hearted’ are those who, being untouched in conscience and ignorant of their sin, are self-reliant and almost defiant before God. That temper is branded here, though, of... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Isaiah 46:1-13

God’s Salvation Shall not Tarry Isaiah 46:1-13 Here is a startling contrast! Babylon is broken up. An invading army of stern monotheists have slain the idolatrous priests at their altars and are engaged in carrying out the idols for the bonfire. And as the Jewish remnant is witnessing the extraordinary spectacle, they are reminded that their God does not require to be borne. Nay, on the contrary He has borne His people from the earliest days and will continue to bear them till the heavens... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 46:1-13

This chapter and the next contain the prophecy of the fall of Babylon. This one describes the failure of the gods. It opens with a graphic picture of the idols being hurried away for safety, carried on beasts of burden. In immediate contrast the prophet describes Jehovah as carrying His people, and the contrast is endorsed as He inquires, "To whom will ye liken Me, and make Me equal, and compare Me, that we may be like?" Thus He sets forth the fundamental difference between false gods and the... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 46:4

HOW GOD CARRIES MEN‘And even to your old age I am He; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.’ Isaiah 46:4 I. Let us see how God carries men.—The first requisite for an upright bearing is ground—something to rest upon. So the soul requires this assurance, and God has confirmed it in His Word: ‘I have made, and I will bear.’ The responsibility of life is God’s; we have been sent here at His will. This instinct has formed... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 46

Chapter 46 The Gods Of Babylon Are In Disarray And They Are Borne By Men While Yahweh In Contrast Bears Men And Delivers Them. Having led up to God’s final triumph in chapter 45 we are suddenly faced with the opposite side of the picture. Yahweh is on the road to His triumph, but in contrast the greatest of the gods, the gods of Babylon, are in total disarray, being borne away on carts, or on the backs of asses, to disgrace. They are on the road to humiliation. Their makers are confounded... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 46:1-2

The Gods Of Babylon Are Borne By Asses And Are Wearying Even The Animal Creation Which Carries Them. Their End Is Approaching (Isaiah 46:1-2 ). Isaiah 46:1-2 ‘Bel bows down, Nebo stoops. Their idols are on the beasts and on the cattle. The things that you carried about are made a load, A burden to the weary. They stoop, they bow down together. They could not deliver from the burden, But are gone into captivity.’ This vivid description is of the gods of Babylon being carried away from Babylon... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 46:1-13

YAHWEH IS ABOUT TO ACT SO AS TO ESTABLISH HIS PEOPLE AND PREPARE THE WAY FOR HIS SERVANT (Isaiah 44:24 to Isaiah 48:22 ). As with what has gone before it is necessary for us to determine the viewpoint from which we will see these narratives, and in order to do so we must put ourselves in the shoes of Isaiah. Chapters 1-39 were mainly behind him, Hezekiah was dead, and what lay before him was the future in terms of Manasseh’s reign. That reign had not had a promising beginning. Manasseh had... read more

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 46:1-7

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 46:8-13

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Isaiah 46:1-13

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Isaiah 46:12-13

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Isaiah 46:1-13

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 46:1-13

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 46:4

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 46

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 46:1-2

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 46:1-13

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