Isaiah 46:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like? ”

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

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. Th...
Isaiah 46:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

To whom will ye liken me, and make [me] equal, and (g) compare me, that we may be like? (g) The people of God setting their own calamity, and the flourishing estate of the Babylonians, would be temp...
Isaiah 46:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Helpless Plight of Babylon's Gods Contrasted with the Saving Might of Yahweh. Isaiah 46:1 f. In vision the prophet sees the images of Babylon's gods (two of the most prominent are named), ta...
Isaiah 46:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. To whom will ye liken and compare me? Here the Prophet introduces the Lord as remonstrating with the Jews, because they distrusted and doubted his power, and, in a word, because they put...
Isaiah 46:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 945 GOD’S CARE FOR HIS PEOPLE Isaiah 46:3-5 . Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried fr...
Isaiah 46:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
Isaiah 46:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

To whom will ye liken me— We have in these verses the conviction itself, exhibiting the vanity of idolatry. The argument is similar to that in chap. Isaiah 40:18 , &c. and Isaiah 44:12 , &amp...
Isaiah 46:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like? To whom will ye liken me - ( Isaiah 40:18 ; Isaiah 40:25 .)
Isaiah 46:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Contrast between Jehovah and the Deities of Babylon 1, 2. The idols of Babylon will be borne away by the conquerors amongst the spoil, the gods being powerless to save their images. i. Bel]...
Isaiah 46:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

To whom will ye liken me? — The argument against idolatry is renewed in nearly its old form ( Isaiah 40:18-25 ; Isaiah 44:9-17 ). The fate of Bel and Nebo is urged against those who thought that t...
Isaiah 46:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 44:1-28 ; Isaiah 45:1-25 ; Isaiah 46:1-13 ; Isaiah 47:1-15 ; Isaiah 48:1-22 CHAPTER IX FOUR POINTS OF A TRUE RELIGION Isaiah 43:1-28 - Isaiah 48:1-22 WE have now surveyed the...
Isaiah 46:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 ar...
Isaiah 46:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Isaiah 46:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amidst all the folly of idolatry, there is one feature, in which the worshippers become a reproach to us: I mean, in that they spared no expense in their religious rites. This scripture saith they la...
Isaiah 46:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

To whom will ye liken me ?.... Was it lawful that any likeness might be made, which yet is forbidden, Exodus 20:4 what likeness could be thought of? is there any creature in heaven or earth, among...
Isaiah 46:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

To whom will ye liken me, and make [me] equal, and compare me, that we may be like? Ver. 5. To whom, a then, will ye liken me? b &c.,] q.d., To which of your paramours? for here the Lord...
Isaiah 46:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Isaiah 46:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Folly of Idolatry; The Divine Prerogative Asserted. B. C. 708. 5 To whom will ye l...
Isaiah 46:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

If you are tempted or inclined at any time to exchange me for an idol , do me and yourselves this right, seriously to consider, whether you can find another God who will be more able and more ready...
Isaiah 46:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

While The Gods Of The Nations Have To Be Borne By Man And Beast, Yahweh Himself In Contrast Bears His People ( Isaiah 46:3-7 ). Isaiah 46:3-4 “Listen to me, O house of Jacob, And all the remna...
Isaiah 46:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

GOD INCOMPARABLE Isaiah 46:5 . To whom then will ye liken Me? &c. I. THE DOCTRINE TAUGHT BY THE PROPHET. Evidently that God is incomparable. He is so— 1. In the splendour of His perfection...
Isaiah 46:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 46:5 In these words, as in other and similar passages of Scripture, God asserts an immeasurable difference between Himself and all created beings. I. We distinguish the Creator from every...
Isaiah 46:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 46:1 . Bel or Baal. See on Numbers 32:38 . It is understood that the name is derived from Belus; the history is involved in obscurity. The priests every night prepared him a voluptuous sup...
Isaiah 46:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

To whom will ye liken Me? Idols cannot represent God The Jews might have alleged that they served not the false gods of the Gentiles, but the God of Israel; and that they used images when they...
Isaiah 46:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 46:1 , Isaiah 46:2 THE FALL OF THE GODS OF BABYLON . Among the direct consequences of the victories of Cyrus will be the downfall, in a certain sense, of...
Isaiah 46:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Fall of Babylon's Idols
Isaiah 46:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Colossians 1:15 ; Exodus 15:11 ; Hebrews 1:3 ; Isaiah 40:18 ; Isaiah 40:25 ; Jeremiah 10:16 ; Jeremiah 10:6 ; Jeremiah 10:7 ; Philippians 2:6 ; Psalms 113:5 ; Psalms 86:8 ; Psalms 89:6 ;...

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

Isaiah 46:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 46:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 46:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 46:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Isaiah 46:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 46:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 46:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 46:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 46:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 46:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 46:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 46:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 46:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 46:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 46:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 46:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 46:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 46:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 46:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 46:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 46:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 46:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 46:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 46:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 46:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 46:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge