Isaiah 46:1
ContextNETBible | Bel 1 kneels down, Nebo 2 bends low. Their images weigh down animals and beasts. 3 Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals. 4 |
XREF | Ex 12:12; 1Sa 5:3; Isa 2:20; Isa 21:9; Isa 41:6,7; Jer 10:5; Jer 48:1-25; Jer 50:2; Jer 51:44,47,52 |
NET © Notes |
1 sn Bel was the name of a Babylonian god. The name was originally associated with Enlil, but later was applied to Marduk. See HALOT 132 s.v. בֵּל. 2 sn Nebo is a variation of the name of the Babylonian god Nabu. 3 tn Heb “their images belong to animals and beasts”; NIV “their idols are borne by beasts of burden”; NLT “are being hauled away.” 4 tn Heb “your loads are carried [as] a burden by a weary [animal].” |