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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 46:4

God's care for the aged. "And even to your old age I am he," etc. What a contrast between God and man! Concerning how many may it be said that they are forgotten in old age! Sometimes even children are faithless to their parents, and age has died in a workhouse, when children have been well-to-do. But change comes, too, in other relationships. The world does not want us when we are worn out. Its sweet songs can charm no more. The cunning of the worker's hand fails. The preacher faints. A new... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 46:4

Grace for a long life. "Even to boar hairs will I carry you." Reference is made more especially to the prolonged life and varied experience of the nation; but the promise and assurance are equally applicable to the individual—they exactly match other assurances which are addressed to individuals. And Israel may always be regarded as the type of the godly man. For us all life is full of changes, surprises, and calamities. We have nothing absolutely stable and unchangeable, nothing always... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 46:5

To whom will ye liken me? (comp. Isaiah 40:18 .) Am I to be likened to the idols of Babylon? Will you make images of me? Bethink you what the very nature of an idol is how contrary to my nature! My idol would be no more capable of helping itself or others than the images of Nebo or Bel-Merodach. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 46:4

And even to your old age, I am he - Or rather, I am the same. I remain, unchangeably, with the same tenderness, the same affection, the same care. In this the care of God for his people surpasses that of the most tender parent, and the most kind nourisher of the young. The care of the parent naturally dies away as the child reaches manhood, and he is usually removed by death before the son or daughter that excited so much solicitude in infancy and childhood, reaches old age. But not so with... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 46:5

To whom will ye liken me - (see the notes at Isaiah 40:18, Isaiah 40:25). The design of this and the following verses is to show the folly of idolatry, and the vanity of trusting in idols. This is a subject that the prophet often dwells on. The argument here is derived from the fact that the idols of Babylon were unable to defend the city, and were themselves carried away in triumph Isaiah 46:1-2. If so, how vain was it to rely on them! how foolish to suppose that the living and true God could... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 46:6

They lavish gold - The word used here means properly to shake out; and then to pour out abundantly, or in a lavish manner. It is used in connection with the idea of squandering in Deuteronomy 21:20; Proverbs 23:21; Proverbs 28:7. Here the idea is, that they spared no expense; they poured out gold as if it were vile and worthless, in order to make an idol. The design of this verse is, to show the superstition of those who were idolaters; and, particularly, how much they were willing to devote in... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 46:3-4

Isaiah 46:3-4 . Hearken, &c., all the remnant of the house of Israel All that remain of the twelve tribes. He terms them a remnant, either because the ten tribes were already carried into captivity by Shalmaneser, or because he addresses that remnant of the two tribes, which he foresaw would return from Babylon; which are borne by me, &c. Whom I have nourished and cared for from time to time, ever since you were a people, and came out of Egypt, and that as affectionately and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 46:5-8

Isaiah 46:5-8. To whom will you liken me, &c. If you be tempted at any time to exchange me for an idol, do me and yourselves the right seriously to consider, whether you can find another god, who will be more able and more ready to do you good than I have been. They lavish gold &c., and he maketh it a god Let us suppose a god made with the greatest cost and art. They bear him upon the shoulder From that place where he is made, unto that place where they intend to set him up. ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 46:1-13

Babylon’s helpless gods (45:20-46:13)Cyrus’s conquest of Babylon will prove to those Babylonians who survive that to trust in idols for victory is useless. Wooden gods could not foresee Cyrus’s conquest, but Yahweh, the only true God, predicted it long ago (20-21). People of surrounding nations may previously have fought against Yahweh by trusting in idols, but now they should forsake those idols and submit to the living God. Then they will find victory, righteousness and strength, and will... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 46:4

even = yea. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Syriac, and Vulgate, omit "yea". read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 46:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 46:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 46:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 46:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 46:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 46:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 46:3-4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 46:5-8

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 46:1-13

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 46:4

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