They stoop - Bel, and Nebo, and all the Babylonian gods .

They could not deliver the burden - The word ‘burden’ here probably …

They could not deliver the burden. —The deities are, for the moment, distinguished from their images. They are powerless …

They could not withdraw themselves from the burden. he ridicules the vanity of such gods as these, which have neither strength nor motion,…

And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah
Called Abda the son of Shammua, ([Referenc…

The pagans insulted the Jews, as if their idols Bel and Nebo were too strong for Jehovah. But their worshippers cannot help them; both the idols an…

1. Bel is broken. Here the prophet foretells the destruction of the enemies holding the people captive, namely, the Babylonians, co…