publish... conceal not. Not now using symbols as in Jeremiah 25:15.
set up. lift up.
Babylon is taken. Compare Revelation 14:8; Revelation 18:6; Revelation 18:10; Revelation 18:21: showing that this prophecy is still future.
Bel. Contracted from the Aramaic form of Ba'al, the national god of Babylon. See Isaiah 46:1.
Merodaoh. Another name for Bel (= Baal), Babylon '. god.
images. manufactured gods. Compare Leviticus 26:30.