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2They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
Isaiah 46:2 —
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Commentary
Matthew Henry
(vv. 1-4)We are here told, I. That the false gods will certainly fail their worshippers when they have most need of them, Isa. 46:1 , 2 . Bel and Nebo were two celebrated idols of Babylon. Some make Bel to be a contraction of Baal; others rather think not, but that it was Belus, one of their first kings, who after his death was deified. As Bel was a deified prince, so (some think) Nebo was a deified prophe...
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