19 They have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not gods(A) but made from wood and stone(B) by human hands.(C) So they have destroyed them.

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19 They have thrown their gods into the fire(A) and destroyed them,(B) for they were not gods(C) but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.(D)

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There Is No One Like God

46 Bel crouches; Nebo cowers.(A)
Idols depicting them are consigned to beasts and cattle.
The images you carry are loaded,
as a burden for the weary animal.
The gods cower; they crouch together;
they are not able to rescue the burden,
but they themselves go into captivity.(B)

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Gods of Babylon

46 Bel(A) bows down, Nebo stoops low;
    their idols(B) are borne by beasts of burden.[a]
The images that are carried(C) about are burdensome,
    a burden for the weary.
They stoop and bow down together;
    unable to rescue the burden,
    they themselves go off into captivity.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 46:1 Or are but beasts and cattle

12 I[a] will kindle a fire in the temples of Egypt’s gods,(A) and he will burn them and take them captive. He will clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd picks lice off[b] his clothes,(B) and he will leave there unscathed. 13 He will smash the sacred pillars of the sun temple[c][d] in the land of Egypt and burn the temples of the Egyptian gods.’”

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Footnotes

  1. 43:12 LXX, Syr, Vg read He
  2. 43:12 Or will wrap himself in the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in
  3. 43:13 Or Beth-shemesh
  4. 43:13 = of Heliopolis

12 He will set fire(A) to the temples(B) of the gods(C) of Egypt; he will burn their temples and take their gods captive.(D) As a shepherd picks(E) his garment clean of lice, so he will pick Egypt clean and depart. 13 There in the temple of the sun[a](F) in Egypt he will demolish the sacred pillars(G) and will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 43:13 Or in Heliopolis