7They bear him on their shoulders and carry him, and set him in his piece, and he shall stand, and shall not stir out of his place. Yea, when they shall cry also unto him, he shall not hear: he shall not save them from tribulation.
Isaiah 46 is a courtroom satire and a theological manifesto. The prophet mocks the gods of Babylon — Bel and Nebo — as burdens that must be carried by weary animals, while Yahweh declares that He alone carries His people from birth to old age. The chapter pivots from idolatry's a
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