1Bel bows down. Nebo stoops. Their idols are carried by animals, and on the livestock. The things that you carried around are heavy loads, a burden for the weary.
2They stoop and they bow down together. They could not deliver the burden, but they have gone into captivity.
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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