Isaiah 46:1

CHAPTER XLVI

The idols of Babylon represented as so far from being able to

bear the burden of their votaries, that they themselves are

borne by beasts of burden into captivity, 1, 2.

This beautifully contrasted with the tender care of God, in

bearing his people from first to last in his arms, and

delivering them from their distress, 3, 4.

The prophet, then, with his usual force and elegance, goes on

to show the folly of idolatry, and the utter inability of

idols, 5-7.

From which he passes with great ease to the contemplation of

the attributes and perfections of the true God, 8-10.

Particularly that prescience which foretold the deliverance of

the Jews from the Babylonish captivity, with all its leading

circumstances; and also that very remote event of which it is

the type in the days of the Messiah, 11-13.

NOTES ON CHAP. XLVI

Verse Isaiah 46:1. Their carriages were heavy loaden - "Their burdens are heavy"] For נשאתיכם nesuotheychem, your burdens, the Septuagint had in their copy נשאתיהם nesuotheyhem, their burdens.