‏ Isaiah 46

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

Remember.

44:18-21; De 32:29; Ps 115:8; 135:18; Jer 10:8; 1Co 14:20

bring.

47:7; Eze 18:28; Hag 1:5,7; Lu 15:17; Eph 5:14

the former.

42:9; 65:17; De 32:7; Ne 9:7-37; Ps 78:1-72; 105:1-106:48; 111:4

Jer 23:7,8; Da 9:6-15

I am God.

45:5,6,14,18,21,22

and there is none like.

5; De 33:26

the end.

41:22,23; 44:7; 45:21; Ge 3:15; 12:2,3; 49:10,22-26; Nu 24:17-24

De 4:24-31; 28:15-68; Ac 15:18

My counsel.

11; 43:13; Ps 33:11; 135:6; Pr 19:21; 21:30; Da 4:35; Ac 3:23

Ac 4:27,28; 5:39; Ro 11:33,34; Eph 1:9-11; Heb 6:17

Calling.

13:2-4; 21:7-9; 41:2,25; 45:1-6; Jer 50:29; 51:20-29

a ravenous bird.Or, "an eagle," a very proper emblem for Cyrus, says Bp. Lowth, as in other respects, so particularly because the ensign of Cyrus was a golden eagle, [aetos chrusous,] the very word {ayit,} which the prophet uses here, expressed as near as may be in Greek letters.

Eze 39:4

the man.

44:28; 45:13; 48:14,15; Ezr 1:2; Ps 76:10; Ac 4:28

that executeth my counsel. Heb. of my counsel.

Ps 119:24; *marg:

I have spoken.

14:24-27; 38:15; Nu 23:19; Job 23:13; Jer 50:45; Ac 5:39; Eph 1:11

Eph 3:11

Hearken.

3; 28:23; 45:20; Ps 49:1; Pr 1:22,23; 8:1-5; Eph 5:14; Re 3:17,18

ye stouthearted.

48:4; Ps 76:5; Zec 7:11,12; Mal 3:13-15; Ac 7:51

that.

Ps 119:150,155; Jer 2:5; Eph 2:13

bring.

51:5; 61:11; Ro 1:17; 3:21-26; 10:3-15

shall not tarry.

Ps 14:7; 46:1,5; Hab 2:3; Heb 10:37

salvation.

12:2; 28:16; 61:3; 62:11; Joe 3:17; 1Pe 2:6

Israel.

43:7; 44:23; 60:21; 61:3; Jer 33:9; Hag 1:8; Joh 17:10; Eph 1:6

2Th 1:10,12
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