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Isa 46:1-13.
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Isa 46:1-13.
BABYLON'S IDOLS COULD NOT SAVE THEMSELVES, MUCH LESS HER. BUT GOD CAN AND WILL SAVE ISRAEL: CYRUS IS HIS INSTRUMENT.
1. Bel--the same as the Phœnician Baal, that is, lord, the chief god of Babylon; to it was dedicated the celebrated tower of Babylon, in the center of one of the two parts into which the city was divided, the palace being in the center of the other. Identical with the sun, worshipped on turrets, housetops, and other high places, so as to be nearer the heavenly hosts (Saba)
(Jer 19:13; 32:29; Zep 1:5).
GESENIUS identifies Bel with the planet Jupiter, which, with the planet Venus (under the name Astarte or Astaroth), was worshipped in the East as the god of fortune, the most propitious star to be born under (see on
Isa 65:11).
According to the Apocryphal book, Bel and the Dragon, Bel was cast down by Cyrus.
boweth . . . stoopeth--falleth prostrate
(Isa 10:4; 1Sa 5:3, 4; Ps 20:8).
Nebo--the planet Mercury or Hermes, in astrology. The scribe of heaven, answering to the Egyptian Anubis. The extensive worship of it is shown by the many proper names compounded of it: Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuzar-adan, Nabonassar, &c.
were upon--that is, were a burden (supplied from the following clause) upon. It was customary to transport the gods of the vanquished to the land of the conquerors, who thought thereby the more effectually to keep down the subject people
(1Sa 5:1, &c.; Jer 48:7; 49:3; Da 11:8).
carriages--in the Old English sense of the things carried, the images borne by you: the lading
(Ac 21:15),
"carriages," not the vehicles, but the baggage. Or, the images which used to be carried by you formerly in your solemn processions [MAURER].
were heavy loaden--rather, are put as a load on the beasts of burden [MAURER]. HORSLEY translates, "They who should have been your carriers (as Jehovah is to His people,
Isa 46:3, 4)
are become burdens" (see on
Isa 46:4).
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우상들은 원수의 손에서 자신들의 형상도, 신 자체도 건져내지 못한다. 그들은 오히려 짐으로 실려 간다.
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2. deliver--from the enemies' hands.
burden--their images laid on the beasts
(Isa 46:1).
themselves--the gods, here also distinguished from their images.
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바벨론의 우상은 자기 백성을 메지 못하고 짐이 되지만, 여호와는 모태에서 노년에 이르기까지 자기 백성을 안전하게 메신다.
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3. in contrast to what precedes: Babylon's idols, so far from bearing its people safely are themselves borne off, a burden to the laden beast; but Jehovah bears His people in safety even from the womb to old age
(Isa 63:9; De 32:11; Ps 71:6, 18).
God compares Himself to a nurse tenderly carrying a child; contrast Moses' language
(Nu 11:12).
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하나님은 처음부터 끝까지 동일하신 분이다. 우상처럼 업혀 다니실 필요가 없고, 오히려 백성을 업고 품고 구원하신다.
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4. old age--As "your"--"you"--"you," are not in the Hebrew, the sentiment is more general than English Version, though of course it includes the Jews from the infancy to the more advanced age of their history
(Isa 47:6).
I am he--that is, the same
(Ps 102:27; Joh 8:24; Heb 13:8).
I will bear . . . carry--Not only do I not need to be borne and carried Myself, as the idols
(Isa 46:1).
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이 절은 이사야 40:18, 25처럼 하나님과 비교될 자가 없음을 다시 묻는다.
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(Isa 40:18, 25).
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우상숭배자들은 우상을 위해 금을 아낌없이 쏟아붓는다. 그들의 낭비는 하나님께 값없는 것으로 예배하려는 인색함을 부끄럽게 한다.
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(Isa 40:19, 20; 41:7.)
They lavish gold out of their purses and spare no expense for their idol. Their profuseness shames the niggardliness of professors who worship God with what cost them nothing. Sin is always a costly service.
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우상은 부르짖어도 응답하지 못하고 고난에서 구원하지 못한다. 이는 기도를 들으시는 하나님과 대조된다.
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7. cry . . . can . . . not . . . save--
(Isa 45:20,
with which contrast
Isa 45:19).
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남자답게 행하라는 말은 우상숭배의 유치함을 버리라는 뜻이다. 사람은 하나님의 형상대로 지음받았으므로 하나님께 결합될 때 참 존엄을 얻는다.
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8. show yourselves men--Renounce the childishness of idolatry as shown in what precedes
(1Co 14:20; 16:13; Eph 4:14).
In order to be manly we must be godly; for man was made "in the image of God," and only rises to his true dignity when joined to God; virtue is derived from the Latin vir, "a man."
bring . . . to mind--rather, "lay it to heart."
transgressors--addressed to the idolaters among the Jews.
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이전 일들은 성취된 예언과 이스라엘을 위한 하나님의 개입으로, 여호와만이 하나님이심을 증명하는 증거들이다.
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9. former--namely, proofs of the sole Godship of Jehovah, from predictions fulfilled, and interpositions of God in behalf of Israel
(Isa 45:5).
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하나님은 처음부터 마지막 일을 알리시고 자기 뜻을 모두 이루신다. ‘아직’이라는 말은 히브리어에는 없으며, 이루어지지 않은 일을 가리킨다.
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10.
(Isa 45:21; 41:22, 23; 44:26).
yet--not in the Hebrew. Translate, "What had not been done" [HORSLEY].
do all my pleasure--
(Isa 53:10; Ro 9:19).
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사나운 새는 빠르게 먹이를 덮치듯 나아간 고레스를 가리킨다. 그러나 바벨론 멸망은 신비적으로 모든 우상숭배와 불신앙의 제거를 상징한다.
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11. ravenous bird--Cyrus so called on account of the rapidity of his marches from the distant regions of Persia to pounce on his prey (see on
Isa 41:2;
Isa 41:25;
Jer 49:22;
Eze 17:3).
The standard of Cyrus, too, was a golden eagle on a spear (see the heathen historian, XENOPHON, 7, where almost the same word is used, aetos, as here, ayit).
executeth my counsel--
(Isa 44:28; 45:13).
Babylon represents, mystically, the apostate faction: the destruction of its idols symbolizes the future general extirpation of all idolatry and unbelief.
purposed . . . also do it--
(Isa 43:13).
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완악한 마음은 하나님을 거스르는 데 고집스러운 마음이다. 그런 자들은 의에서 멀리 떨어져 있다.
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12. stout-hearted--stubborn in resisting God
(Ps 76:5; Ac 7:51).
far from righteousness--
(Isa 59:9; Hab 2:4).
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하나님의 의는 약속의 진실성을 증명하는 의로운 구원이다. 하나님은 시온에 구원을, 이스라엘에 자기 영광을 주신다.
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13. near--antithetical to "far"
(Isa 46:12; Isa 51:5; 56:1; 61:10, 11; Ro 10:6-8).
righteousness--answering to "salvation" in the parallel clause; therefore it means here, "my righteous deliverance"; righteous, because proving the truth of God's promises, and so contrived as to not compromise, but vindicate, His righteousness
(Isa 42:21; Ro 3:26).
Zion . . . my glory--rather, "I will give salvation in Zion; to Israel (I will give) my glory" [HORSLEY].
(Isa 63:11; Ps 14:7; Lu 2:32).
벨과 느보는 바벨론의 주요 우상이나, 백성을 업기는커녕 짐승에 실려 가는 짐이 된다. 이는 자기 백성을 친히 업고 가시는 여호와와 대조된다.