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Chapter 46 - 50 Review
Chapter 46 Babylon was in imminent danger and under full scale evacuation.
The people are hurrying to evacuate and evacuate their idol gods as well.
The Lord is
inflexible in His determination what to do (10-11) and is equally inflexible in His commitment to His people (3-4).
The theme of the chapter is the “Burden
Bearing God”
Chapter 47 This chapter turns to the judgment of Babylon.
Isaiah has already spoken of Babylon’s judgment in 13, 14, 21 and now 47.
We had a suggestion of it in the last chapter (46) when the city was being evacuated and they were loading their idols onto carts.
This chapter also deals
with a topic still very much resurgent again today, astrology, sorceries, mysticism and the like.
People today are confused.
Babylon means confusion
Chapter 48 This brings a major section of the book to a close.
Babylon has fallen, the captives of Babylon must be liberated and sent home.
But we learn that Israel is as wicked as before.
They are coming home rejoicing, but they are still wicked and without peace (22)
They haven’t learned anything
false gods (5-7), treacherous and rebellious (8), disobedient (18), no one can really truthfully claim allegiance to the Lord
— They are coming home rejoicing, but they are still wicked and without peace (22)
— Haven’t they learned anything
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 46
Theme The Burden bearing God is the theme of this chapter.
As the story develops, Babylon is now in imminent danger.
Babylon is in full scale evacuation
and people are hurrying to evacuate their gods as well.
The murmuring and complaining (45:9-14) of Israel has now become rebellion (46:8).
The people ares stubborn.
But as inflexible as the Lord is in his determination what to do (46:10-11), He is equally inflexible in His commitment
to His people (3-4).
This chapter is laid out in five (5) sections:
— The burdening gods (1-2)
— The burden bearing God (3-4)
— idol gods - burdens without saving power (5-7)
— The creating God (8-11)
— The Saving God (12-13)
The Burdening gods (1-2)
Isa 46:1-2
Q: Who is Bel and Nebo described in 46:1?
Names of these gods incorporated into the names of their Kings:
Bel — Babylonian god.
Another spelling of Baal
— Belshazzar: the last king of Babylon
Nebo Nebo is Baal’s son.
Originally, thought this was “Nobu” the famous sushi restaurant in Malibu
— god of writing and wisdom.
Nebo was Nebuchadnezzar
Q: What is happening to them in 46:1?
Transported 46:1 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; Their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle.
Your carriages were heavily loaded, A burden to the weary beast.
Evacuation The idols are being evacuated from Babylon
— They themselves are a burden to the beasts - they are the burdening gods
Q: What does v2 say about them ?
46:2 They stoop, they bow down together; They could not deliver the burden, But have themselves gone into captivity
Goldengay “Here is a moment of crisis in Babylon’s life when it needs a deity that can stop it from collapsing, but instead of its gods carrying and
protecting their people, the people are having to carry and protect their gods”
“What use is a god you have to carry, instead of a god carrying you?”
“The sad reality of these idol-gods is that when you cry out to the in a crisis like the one coming to Babylon, you get no answer”
The Burdening gods > The Burden Bearing God (3-4)
Isa 46:3-4
Q: Rather than being carried by others like an idol, what has God done for Israel, and what does He promise to do (vv3-4)?
Upheld them at birth 46:3 Who have been upheld by Me from birth, Who have been carried from the womb
— When we were yet unborn God carried us in the womb
— When we were born, helpless as children, God carried us
Carried us in His arms God carried us in His arms
— He carried His people as upon Eagle’s wings (cf. )
Moses Moses had no patience with the children of Israel and certainly didn’t want to carry them (cf.
Number 11:12)
He carries us!
God carries us!
— He carries our sorrows
— Our sin and grief
— Cast your cares on Him ()
— He is our refuge, our rock that we cling to
— He carries us from the womb until we are old
In our old age 46:4 Even to your old age, ...even to gray hairs I will carry you!
Health Fails In our old age God will still carry us when we are sick and of little use to God, He will not cast us off - He will carry us
Strength fails When our strength fails, He will lift us up with His strong arm and carry us
— He carried us when we were children, He will carry us when we are old
The Burdening gods > The Burden Bearing God > Burdens without saving Power (5-7)
Unfit for comparison The human origin and complete and utter impotence of idols renders them unfit for comparison with the
the God of Israel (40:18-20)
Idols Sadly, the people of God distrusted and doubted the power and put Him level with idols, and even placed idols above Him
Man-made burdens 46:6 One man provides the materials and another man shapes the idol
— It can be said that an idol has two (2) fathers: The man who supplies the gold / silver and the workman who gives it shape
46:6a They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship
Adore They even adore, worship
— This heightens the description of their maddness
— There might be room for repentance, but these people are intent on turning their backs on the TRUE God
They carry it 46:7 They carry it, they cry out, but it cannot answer
The Burdening gods > The Burden Bearing God > Burdens without saving Power > The Creating God (8-11)
Q: What does God call on the people to do to remind them that He is God (vv8-9) What are some of the former things?
46:8 Remember this, and show yourselves men; Recall to mind, O you transgressors
Remember Exercise your mind, not your emotions
Man up! Act like a man, man up!
The Jews will be delivered by Cyrus but no the way they imagined
Delivered It will not be freedom and national sovereignty they will return home but still be under the thumb of a foreign power
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