Isaiah 46:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

Bel. Abbreviation of Baal = lord. Here. Zeus, or Jupiter of the Greek and Roman mythology.

Nebo. Answers to the Egyptian Anubis, Greek Hermes, and Roman Mercurius (compare Acts 14:12). These gods were indeed brought down.

your carriages. the things ye carried about: i.e. in procession (Amos 5:26).

were heavy loaden. are become. burden.

they are. burden. [are even now] loaded on beasts [for exile].

Isaiah 46:1

1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.