Isaiah 46:1-3

Contemporary English Version

Babylonia's Gods Are Helpless

The Lord said:

46 The gods Bel and Nebo^[a]
    are down on their knees,
as wooden images of them
are carried away
    on weary animals.^[b]
²They are down on their knees
    to rescue the heavy load,
but the images are still taken
    to a foreign country.

³You survivors in Israel,
listen to me, the Lord.
Since the day you were born,
I have carried you along.

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Footnotes

46.1 Bel and Nebo: Bel was another name for Marduk, the chief god of the Babylonians. Nebo was the son of Marduk and also an important god.
46.1 as … animals: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.