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Isaiah 46:1

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The Lord Carries His People

46:1Bel1 kneels down,

Nebo2 bends low.

Their images weigh down animals and beasts.3

Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals.4

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Bel was the name of a Babylonian god. The name was originally associated with Enlil, but later was applied to Marduk. See בֵּל.
  2. 2 Nebo is a variation of the name of the Babylonian god Nabu.
  3. 3 Heb “their images belong to animals and beasts”; “their idols are borne by beasts of burden”; “are being hauled away.”
  4. 4 Heb “your loads are carried [as] a burden by a weary [animal].”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Bel bows down; Nebo stoops;

their idols are on beasts and livestock;

these things you carry are borne

as burdens on weary beasts.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Bel bows down, Nebo stoops low;

their idols are borne by beasts of burden.

The images that are carried about are burdensome,

a burden for the weary.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Bel crouches; Nebo cowers.

Idols depicting them are consigned to beasts and cattle.

The images you carry are loaded,

as a burden for the weary animal.

NLTNew Living Translation

Bel and Nebo, the gods of Babylon,

bow as they are lowered to the ground.

They are being hauled away on ox carts.

The poor beasts stagger under the weight.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Bel bows down;

Nebo is stooping.

Their idols are on animals and on cattle;

your cargo is carried as a burden on weary animals.

KJV 1900King James Version

Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth,

Their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle:

Your carriages were heavy loaden;

They are a burden to the weary beast.