Chapter 46

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Bel Bel, called Belus by the Greek and Roman writers, is the same as Baal; and Nebo is interpreted by Castell and Norberg of Mercury; the two principal idols of Babylon. When that city was taken by the Persians, these images were carried in triumph. Isa 21:9, Isa 41:6-7; Exod 12:12; 1Sam 5:3; Jer 48:1-25, Jer 50:2, Jer 51:44, Jer 51:47, Jer 51:52

a burden Isa 2:20; Jer 10:5


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they could Isa 36:18-19, Isa 37:12, Isa 37:19, Isa 44:17, Isa 45:20

but Judg 18:17-18, Judg 18:24; 2Sam 5:21; Jer 43:12-13, Jer 48:7

themselves are Heb. their soul is


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Hearken Isa 44:1, Isa 44:21, Isa 48:1, Isa 48:17-18, Isa 51:1, Isa 51:7; Ps 81:8-13

the remnant Isa 1:9, Isa 10:22, Isa 11:11, Isa 37:4

borne Isa 44:1-2, Isa 49:1-2, Isa 63:9; Exod 19:4; Deut 1:31, Deut 32:11-12; Ps 22:9-10, Ps 71:6; Ezek 16:6-16


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even to your Isa 41:4, Isa 43:13, Isa 43:25; Ps 92:14, Ps 102:26-27; Mal 2:16, Mal 3:6; Rom 11:29; Heb 1:12, Heb 13:8; Jas 1:17

even to hoar Ps 48:14, Ps 71:18


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Isa 40:18, Isa 40:25; Exod 15:11; Ps 86:8, Ps 89:6, Ps 89:8, Ps 113:5; Jer 10:6-7, Jer 10:16; Phil 2:6; Col 1:15; Heb 1:3


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lavish Isa 40:19-20, Isa 41:6-7, Isa 44:12-19, Isa 45:20; Exod 32:2-4; Judg 17:3-4; 1Kgs 12:28; Jer 10:3-4, Jer 10:9, Jer 10:14; Hos 8:4-6; Hab 2:18-20; Acts 17:29

they fall Isa 2:8, Isa 44:17; Dan 3:5-15


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they carry him 1Sam 5:3; Jer 10:5; Dan 3:1

one shall cry Isa 37:38, Isa 45:20; Judg 10:12-14; 1Kgs 18:26, 1Kgs 18:40; Jer 2:28; Jonah 1:5, Jonah 1:14-16


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Remember Isa 44:18-21; Deut 32:29; Ps 115:8, Ps 135:18; Jer 10:8; 1Cor 14:20

bring Isa 47:7; Ezek 18:28; Hag 1:5, Hag 1:7; Luke 15:17; Eph 5:14


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the former Isa 42:9, Isa 65:17; Deut 32:7; Neh 9:7-37; Ps 78:1-72, 105:1-106:48, Ps 111:4; Jer 23:7-8; Dan 9:6-15

I am God Isa 45:5-6, Isa 45:14, Isa 45:18, Isa 45:21-22

and there is none like Isa 46:5; Deut 33:26


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the end Isa 41:22-23, Isa 44:7, Isa 45:21; Gen 3:15, Gen 12:2-3, Gen 49:10, Gen 49:22-26; Num 24:17-24; Deut 4:24-31, Deut 28:15-68; Acts 15:18

My counsel Isa 46:11, Isa 43:13; Ps 33:11, Ps 135:6; Prov 19:21, Prov 21:30; Dan 4:35; Acts 3:23; Acts 4:27-28, Acts 5:39; Rom 11:33-34; Eph 1:9-11; Heb 6:17


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Calling Isa 13:2-4, Isa 21:7-9, Isa 41:2, Isa 41:25, Isa 45:1-6; Jer 50:29, Jer 51:20-29

a ravenous bird Or, "an eagle," a very proper emblem for Cyrus, says Bp. Lowth, as in other respects, so particularly because the ensign of Cyrus was a golden eagle, ΑΕΤΟΣ χρυσους, the very word ayit which the prophet uses here, expressed as near as may be in Greek letters. Ezek 39:4

the man Isa 44:28, Isa 45:13, Isa 48:14-15; Ezra 1:2; Ps 76:10; Acts 4:28

that executeth my counsel Heb. of my counsel, Ps 119:24 *marg.

I have spoken Isa 14:24-27, Isa 38:15; Num 23:19; Job 23:13; Jer 50:45; Acts 5:39; Eph 1:11; Eph 3:11


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Hearken Isa 46:3, Isa 28:23, Isa 45:20; Ps 49:1; Prov 1:22-23, Prov 8:1-5; Eph 5:14; Rev 3:17-18

ye stouthearted Isa 48:4; Ps 76:5; Zech 7:11-12; Mal 3:13-15; Acts 7:51

that Ps 119:150, Ps 119:155; Jer 2:5; Eph 2:13


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bring Isa 51:5, Isa 61:11; Rom 1:17, Rom 3:21-26, Rom 10:3-15

shall not tarry Ps 14:7, Ps 46:1, Ps 46:5; Hab 2:3; Heb 10:37

salvation Isa 12:2, Isa 28:16, Isa 61:3, Isa 62:11; Joel 3:17; 1Pet 2:6

Israel Isa 43:7, Isa 44:23, Isa 60:21, Isa 61:3; Jer 33:9; Hag 1:8; John 17:10; Eph 1:6; 2Thess 1:10, 2Thess 1:12


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