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Isaiah 46:2

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.

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

3 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 from the womb:

4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
The gods cower; they crouch together, unable to relieve the burden; but they themselves go into captivity.
KJV
They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
WEB
They stoop and they bow down together. They could not deliver the burden, but they have gone into captivity.
ASV
They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
DARBY
They bend, they are bowed down together; they could not deliver the burden, and themselves are gone into captivity.
BLB
They stoop low, they bend down together; they could not deliver the burden, and their souls have gone into captivity.
ÅB
De faller om, segner alle sammen, de kan ikke redde byrden, og selv går de bort i fangenskap.
OTB
De synker sammen og bøyer seg; de kan ikke redde byrden, og de selv går i fangenskap.
B1930
De faller om, segner alle sammen, de kan ikke redde byrden, og selv går de bort i fangenskap.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 48:7

    For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.

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  • Judges 18:17–18

    And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.

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  • Judges 18:24

    And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?

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  • Jeremiah 43:12–13

    And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.

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  • 2 Samuel 5:21

    And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.

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  • Isaiah 37:12

    Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?

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  • Isaiah 44:17

    And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.

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  • Isaiah 36:18–19

    Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

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