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Babylon’s Idols

Isaiah 46:2

In 11 translations

BSB
The gods cower; they crouch together, unable to relieve the burden; but they themselves go into captivity.
KJV
They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.themselves: Heb. their soul
WEB
They stoop and they bow down together. They could not deliver the burden, but they have gone into captivity.
ASV
They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
LSV
They have stooped, they have bowed together, || They have not been able to deliver the burden, || And have gone into captivity themselves.
YLT
They have stooped, they have bowed together, They have not been able to deliver the burden, And themselves into captivity have gone.
DBY
They bend, they are bowed down together; they could not deliver the burden, and themselves are gone into captivity.
DRC
They are consumed, and are broken together: they could not save him that carried them, and they themselves shall go into captivity.
GNV
They are bowed downe, and fallen together: for they coulde not rid them of the burden, and their soule is gone into captiuitie.
JPS
They stoop, they bow down together, they could not deliver the burden; and themselves are gone into captivity.
LXXE
who will not be able to save themselves from war, but they themselves are led away captive.

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Original-language editions

WLC
קָרְס֤וּ כָֽרְעוּ֙ יַחְדָּ֔ו לֹ֥א יָכְל֖וּ מַלֵּ֣ט מַשָּׂ֑א וְנַפְשָׁ֖ם בַּשְּׁבִ֥י הָלָֽכָה׃
LXX-Br
καὶ πεινῶντι, οὐκ ἰσχύοντι, ἅμα, οἳ οὐ δυνήσονται σωθῆναι ἀπὸ πολέμου, αὐτοὶ δὲ αἰχμάλωτοι ἤχθησαν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 48:7Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.
  • Judges 18:17–18And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred…
  • 2 Samuel 5:21There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.
  • Judges 18:24He replied, “You took the gods I had made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you say to me, ‘What is the matter with you?’”
  • Jeremiah 43:12–13I will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples and take their gods as captives. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his…
  • Isaiah 36:18–19Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria? Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the…
  • Isaiah 44:17From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”
  • Isaiah 37:12Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
  • Isaiah 37:19They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
  • Isaiah 45:20Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.
  • Hosea 10:5–6The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into exile. Yes, it will be carried…

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