Isa 46:1

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Isa 46:1 The idols of Babylon could not save themselves.

Isa 46:3 God saves his people to the end.

Isa 46:5 Idols are not comparable to God for power,

Isa 46:12 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.

Isa 21:9; Isa 41:6; Isa 41:7; Exod 12:12; 1Sam 5:3; Jer 48:1-25; Jer 50:2; Jer 51:44; Jer 51:47; Jer 51:52

a burden.

Isa 2:20; Jer 10:5