_Bel; perhaps Nimrod, (Calmet) or Saturn, to whom they sacrificed
their children. (Worthington) --- Nabo, "the oracle" of Belus. The
Chaldeans adored statues and beasts. But the Persians worshipped the
elements. (Calmet) --- Xerxes destroyed the tomb of Belus, after his
expedition into Greece. (Arri... [ Continue Reading ]
_They. Literally, "their soul." (Haydock) --- The pagans must have
supposed they had one. (Calmet) --- Captivity. "There are as many
triumphs over the gods as over men." (Tertullian) --- The former
shared the fate of their adorers. Their statues were plundered._... [ Continue Reading ]
_By my. Vulgate may have read a me ab, (Calmet) instead of a meo.
Hebrew and Septuagint, "taken from the womb," (Haydock) and treated
with the utmost tenderness. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ashamed. Septuagint, "groan." Protestants, "shew yourselves men."
(Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Bird; Cyrus, whose rapid conquests are thus denoted. (Calmet) --- He
chose a golden eagle, with wings expanded, for his standard. (Xenophon
vii.) --- Christ came from heaven to redeem the world, Psalm xviii.
6., and Malachias iv. 2. (Calmet) --- He was the orient, adored by the
eastern sages, to wh... [ Continue Reading ]
_Israel. It shall no longer be a reproach. Cyrus shall restore my
people to their own country. But Christ more full accomplished what is
here declared respecting the establishment of his Church. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XLVI.... [ Continue Reading ]