Isa 46:1-7, Jer 50:2, 51:44, 47, 52, Dan 3, 5:4, Hab 2:18-19, Rev 17:5 | TSK | STEP | The idols of Babylon could not save themselves. God saves his people to the end. Idols are not comparable to God for power, or present salvation. Bel.Bel, called Belus by the Greek and Roman writers, is the same as Baal; and Nebo is interpreted by Castell and Norberg of Mercury; the two principal idols of Babylon. When that city was taken by the Persians, these images were carried in triumph. a burden.

Isaiah 46:1-7

1 The idols of Babylon could not save themselves.

3 God saves his people to the end.

5 Idols are not comparable to God for power,

12 or present salvation.

Bel.Bel, called Belus by the Greek and Roman writers, is the same as Baal; and Nebo is interpreted by Castell and Norberg of Mercury; the two principal idols of Babylon. When that city was taken by the Persians, these images were carried in triumph.

21:9; 41:6,7; Ex 12:12; 1Sa 5:3; Jer 48:1-25; 50:2; 51:44,47,52

a burden.

2:20; Jer 10:5

they could.

36:18,19; 37:12,19; 44:17; 45:20

but.

Jud 18:17,18,24; 2Sa 5:21; Jer 43:12,13; 48:7

themselves are. Heb. their soul is.

Hearken.

44:1,21; 48:1,17,18; 51:1,7; Ps 81:8-13

the remnant.

1:9; 10:22; 11:11; 37:4

borne.

44:1,2; 49:1,2; 63:9; Ex 19:4; De 1:31; 32:11,12; Ps 22:9,10; 71:6

Eze 16:6-16

even to your.

41:4; 43:13,25; Ps 92:14; 102:26,27; Mal 2:16; 3:6; Ro 11:29

Heb 1:12; 13:8; Jas 1:17

even to hoar.

Ps 48:14; 71:18

40:18,25; Ex 15:11; Ps 86:8; 89:6,8; 113:5; Jer 10:6,7,16; Php 2:6

Col 1:15; Heb 1:3

lavish.

40:19,20; 41:6,7; 44:12-19; 45:20; Ex 32:2-4; Jud 17:3,4

1Ki 12:28; Jer 10:3,4,9,14; Ho 8:4-6; Hab 2:18-20; Ac 17:29

they fall.

2:8; 44:17; Da 3:5-15

they carry him.

1Sa 5:3; Jer 10:5; Da 3:1

one shall cry.

37:38; 45:20; Jud 10:12-14; 1Ki 18:26,40; Jer 2:28; Jon 1:5,14-16

Jeremiah 50:2

Declare.

6:18; 31:10; 46:14; Ps 64:9; 96:3; Isa 12:4; 48:6; 66:18,19

Re 14:6-8

set up. Heb. lift up.

Isa 13:2

Babylon.

51:8; Isa 21:9; Re 14:8; 18:2

Bel.

51:44; Isa 46:1

Merodach.

52:31; Isa 39:1

her idols.

46; 43:12,13; Isa 37:19; Zep 2:11Xerxes, after his return from his unsuccessful expedition into Greece, partly out of religious zeal, being a professed enemy to image worship, and partly to reimburse himself after his immense expenses, seized the sacred treasures, and plundered or destroyed the temples and idols of Babylon, thereby accomplishing the prophecies of Isaiah and Jeremiah. (Isa 21:9; 46:1. Jer 50:2; 51:44, 47, 52.) What God declares, "I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth that which he has swallowed," was also literally fulfilled, when the vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of Bel, Da 1:2, were restored by order of Cyrus, Ezr 1:7, and again carried to Jerusalem. Bp. Newton, Dis. X.

Jeremiah 51:44

I will punish.

18,47; 50:2; Isa 46:1,2

I will bring.

34; 2Ch 36:7; Ezr 1:7; Da 1:2; 5:2-4,26

the nations.

Isa 2:2; 60:5; Da 3:2,3,29; 4:1,22; 5:19,31; Re 18:9-19

the wall.

53,58

Jeremiah 51:47

I will.

52; 50:2; Isa 21:9; 46:1,2

do judgment upon. Heb. visit upon.

18; 11:22; 13:21; 23:34; 25:12; *margins

her whole.

24,43; 50:12-16,35-40

Jeremiah 51:52

that I.

47; 50:38

her graven images.This was verified when Xerxes destroyed all the temples of Babylon, B.C. 479.

the wounded.

Isa 13:15,16; Eze 30:24; Da 5:30,31

Daniel 3

1 Nebuchadnezzar dedicates a golden image in Dura.

8 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are accused for not worshipping the image.

13 They being threatened, make a good confession.

19 They are cast into the furnace,

24 from which God delivers them.

28 Nebuchadnezzar seeing the miracle blesses God, and advances them.

A.M. 3424. B.C. 580. made.

2:31,32; 5:23; Ex 20:23; 32:2-4,31; De 7:25; Jud 8:26,27; 1Ki 12:28

2Ki 19:17,18; Ps 115:4-8; 135:15; Isa 2:20; 30:22; 40:19-31; 46:6

Jer 10:9; 16:20; Ho 8:4; Hab 2:19; Ac 17:29; 19:26; Re 9:20

in the province.

30; 2:48; Es 1:1

sent.

Ex 32:4-6; Nu 25:2; Jud 16:23; 1Ki 12:32; Pr 29:12; Re 17:2

the princes.{Achashdarpenaya,} rendered lieutenants in Es 3:12, etc., probably {chief satraps or viceroys} from the Persian {achash} great, eminent, and {sitrab}, a satrap.

Ps 82:1-8; Ac 19:34,35; Ro 1:21-28; 3:11; 1Co 1:24-26; Re 13:13-16

Re 17:13,17

the governors.{Signaya} in persian, {shagnah} deputies or lieutenants.

captains.{Pacawatha}, governors of provinces. See Es 3:13.

the judges.{Adargazraya}, chief judges, or senators, from {adar}, great, and Chal. {gezar}, to judge, decree.

the treasurers.{Gedavraya}, written {gizzavraya,} Ezr 7:21, treasurers, from the Persian {gunjvar}.

the counsellors.{Dethavraya,} counsellors, judges, from {dath} in Persian, {dad}, law, and {var}, possessor or guardian.

the sheriffs.{Tiphtaya} probably the same as the Arabic {Mufti} or head officer of law.

aloud. Chal. with might.

4:14; Pr 9:13-15; Isa 40:9; 58:1

it is commanded. Chal. they command.

Ho 5:11; Mic 6:16

O people.

4:1; 6:25; Es 8:9

the cornet.{Karna,} the horn.

10,15

flute.{Mashrokeetha,} in Syriac, {mashrookeetha,} the [syrinx (syrigx,)] pipe or flute, as Theodotion renders.

dulcimer. or, singing. Chal. symphony.

falleth.

11,15; Ex 20:5; Isa 44:17; Mt 4:9; Re 13:15-17

the same.

2:5,12,13; Mr 6:27

a burning.

Ge 19:28; Jer 29:22; Eze 22:18-22; Mt 13:42,50; Re 9:2; 14:11

when.

all the people.

Jer 51:7; Ac 14:16; 1Jo 5:19; Re 12:9; 13:3,8,14; 17:8; 19:20

and accused.

6:12,13; Ezr 4:12-16; Es 3:6,8,9; Ac 16:20-22; 17:6-8; 28:22

1Pe 4:3,4

king.

4,5

O King.

2:4; 5:10; 6:6,21; Ro 13:7

hast made.

4-7; 6:12; Ex 1:16,22; Es 3:12-14; Ps 94:20; Ec 3:16; Isa 10:1

Joh 11:57; Re 13:16,17

the cornet.

Ex 15:20,21; 32:18,19; 1Ch 15:16,28; 16:5,6; 25:1-6; 2Ch 29:25

Ps 81:1-3; 92:1-3; 149:3,4; 150:3-6; Am 6:5

certain.

2:49; 6:13; 1Sa 18:7-11; Es 3:8; Pr 27:4; Ec 4:4

not regarded thee. Chal. set no regard upon thee.

Ac 5:28; 17:7

in his.

19; 2:12; Ge 4:5; 1Sa 20:30-33; Es 3:5,6; Pr 17:12; 27:3; 29:22

Lu 6:11

Then.

Mt 10:18; Mr 13:9; Lu 21:12; Ac 5:25-27; 24:24

true. or, of purpose.

Ex 21:13,14

my gods.

1; 4:8; Isa 46:1; Jer 50:2

ye hear.

harp.{Kaithros,} in Arabic, {kitharat,} Greek [kithara,] the guitar.

sackbut.{Sabbecha,} [sambuke,] sambuke, a kind of harp.

psaltery.Pesanter, [psalterion,] a stringed instrument struck with a plectrum; probably similar to what is called a psalterium in Egypt, which Hasselquist describes as a large oblique triangle, with two bottoms two inches from each other, and about twenty catguts of different sizes.

dulcimer.{Soomphanya,} probably the same as the Talmudic [cûwmpówneyâh ,] a pipe.

ye fall.

Lu 4:7,8

well.

17; Ex 32:32; Lu 13:9

and who.

28,29; 6:16,20; Ex 5:2; 2Ki 18:35; 2Ch 32:15-17; Isa 36:20; 37:23

Mt 27:43

we are.

Mt 10:19; Mr 13:11; Lu 12:11; 21:14,15; Ac 4:8-12,19; 5:29; 6:15

Ac 24:10-13

our God.

4:35; 6:20-22,27; Ge 17:1; 18:14; 1Sa 17:37,46; Job 5:19; 34:29

Ps 27:1,2; 62:1-6; 73:20; 115:3; 121:5-7; 18:10,11; Isa 12:2; 26:3,4

Isa 54:14; Lu 1:37; Ac 20:24; 21:13; 27:20-25; Ro 8:31; Heb 7:25

be it.

Job 13:15; Pr 28:1; Isa 51:12,13; Mt 10:28,32,33,39; 16:2

Lu 12:3-9; Ac 4:10-13,19; 5:29-32; Re 2:10,11; 12:11

that.

Ex 20:3-5; Le 19:4

was Nebuchadnezzar.

13; Pr 21:24; Isa 51:23; Lu 12:4,5; Ac 5:33; 7:54

full. Chal. filled. the form.

5:6; Ge 4:5,6; 31:2

he spake.

Ex 15:9,10; 1Ki 20:10,11; 2Ki 19:27,28; Ps 76:10; Pr 16:14; 27:3,4

one seven.

6:24; Le 26:18,21,24,28

than.

1Ki 18:33-35; Mt 27:63-66

most mighty men. Chal. mighty of strength. to bind.

15; Ac 12:4,5; 16:23,25

in their.Herodotus says the Babylonish dress was a linen tunic, another of woollen, a white short cloak, and a turban.

coats. or, mantles. hats. or, turbans.

commandment. Chal. word. urgent.

Ex 12:33

flame. or, spark. slew.

6:24; Pr 11:8; 21:18; Zec 12:2,3; Mt 27:5; Ac 12:19

fell.

6:16,17; Ps 34:19; 66:11,12; 124:1-5; Jer 38:6; La 3:52-54

2Co 1:8-10; 4:17; 1Pe 4:12,13

astonished.

5:6; Ac 5:23-25; 9:6; 12:13

counsellors. or, governors.

2,3

O king.

9,10,17; 4:22,27; 5:18; 6:7,22; 1Sa 17:55; Ac 26:13,27

walking.

Isa 43:2

they have no hurt. Chal. there is no hurt in them.

Ps 91:3-9; Mr 16:18; Ac 28:5; 1Pe 3:13

the Son of God.Or, as {bar elahin} may be rendered, "a son of the gods," i.e., a divine person or angel.

18,28; Job 1:6; 38:7; Ps 34:7; Pr 30:4; Lu 1:35; Joh 19:7,8

Ro 1:4

mouth. Chal. door. ye servants.

17; 2:47; 6:20; Ezr 5:11; Ac 16:17; 27:23; Ga 1:10; Re 19:5

the most.

Ge 14:18

come forth.

Jos 3:17; 4:10,16-18; Isa 28:16; 52:12; Ac 16:37

the princes.

2,3; 1Sa 17:46,47; 2Ki 19:19; Ps 83:18; 96:7-9; Isa 26:11

Ac 2:6-12; 26:26

upon.

Isa 43:2; Heb 11:34

nor was.This miraculous manifestation of Divine power was witnessed by the court and the nation, and was felt as a just punishment on the transgressors, and a signal display of mercy to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, which should operate on all believers to similar acts of faith and confidence in the Lord.

Mt 10:30; Lu 21:17,18; Ac 27:34

Blessed.

2:47; 4:34; 6:26; Ge 9:26; Ezr 1:3; 7:23-28

hath sent.

25; 6:22,23; Ge 19:15,16; 2Ch 32:21; Ps 34:7,8; 103:20; Isa 37:36

Ac 5:19; 12:7-11; Heb 1:14

that trusted.

1Ch 5:20; 2Ch 20:20; Ps 22:4,5; 33:18,21; 34:22; 62:8; 84:11,12

Ps 146:5,6; 147:11; Isa 26:3,4; Jer 17:7,8; 2Co 1:9,10

Eph 1:12,13; 1Pe 1:21

and have.

Ezr 6:11; Ac 4:19