ESV Reformation Study Bible – Isa 46:1–2
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Isa 46:1–2

46:1, 2 Bel . . . Nebo. Babylonian gods.

bows . . . stoops. The idols were dead weight, a lifeless burden on the animals that had to carry them. On Isaiah’s polemic against idolatry, see 2:8.