Isaiah 46:2

2 Samuel 5:21; Isaiah 36:18; Isaiah 36:19; Isaiah 37:12; Isaiah 37:19; Isaiah 44:17; Isaiah 45:20; Jeremiah 43:12; Jeremiah 43:13; Jeremiah 48:7; Judges 18:17; Judges 18:18; Judges 18:24

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 46:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They stoop - Bel, and Nebo, and all the Babylonian gods (see Isaiah 46:1 ). They could not deliver the burden - The word ‘burden’ here, prob...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(c) They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but (d) themselves have gone into captivity. (c) The beasts that carried...
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 Babylo...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

they. Aram, and Syriac, with five early printed editions, read "and they". But some codices, with two early printed editions, omit "and". themsel...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. They could not withdraw themselves from the burden. He ridicules the vanity of such gods as these, which have neither strength nor motion...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. They could not deliver the burden "The...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Be bowed down— The prophet, as he wrote this, saw the fall of Babylon before his eyes, the city plundered and spoiled, the temples ravaged and dest...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. They could not deliver - from...
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 god...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They could not deliver the burden. — The deities are, for the moment, distinguished from their images. They are powerless to rescue them. So far as...
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...
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 s...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Bel and Nebo were the names of two of the gods of Babylon. Probably from thence, one of the kings of Babylon took the name of Belshazzar, and another...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They stoop, they bow together ,.... Either the beasts under their burdens, or other idols besides those mentioned; or rather the Babylonians themsel...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. Ver. 2. They stoop. ] The Babylonia...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bel The chief idol of the Babylonians, called by profane historians Jupiter Belus; boweth down As the Babylonians used to bow down to him to wo...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Folly of Idolatry. B. C. 708. 1 Be...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They; either, 1. The idols, of whom these words are used, Isaiah 46:1 . Or, 2. The Babylonians, who are sufficiently implied in that express...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Gods Of Babylon Are Borne By Asses And Are Wearying Even The Animal Creation Which Carries Them. Their End Is Approaching ( Isaiah 46:1-2 )....
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE DIFFICULTY OF DELIVERING THE DELUDED FROM THEIR DELUSIONS Isaiah 46:1-2 . Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, &c. I want to fix your attenti...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

Bel boweth down Bel and Nebo Bel and Nebo are the Jupiter and Mercury of the Babylonian pantheon (they are represented by these planets), and w...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Fall of Babylon's Idols
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

They, the idols, stoop, they bow down together, they are entirely collapsed; they could not deliver the burden, they were unable to save the burd...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They — The Babylonians. Together — The Babylonians and their idols together, neither could help the other. Deliver — The Babylonians could not deli...

² They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselvesa are gone into captivity.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 46:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 46:2