Isaiah 46:7 (BSB)
They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.
From Isaiah 46. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Isaiah 46:7
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Isaiah 46:7: 7. They shall carry them on the shoulder. The picture is still more heightened by the description contained in this verse; for, since the idols have no feeling of any kind, they who fly to them to ask assistance must be not only very stupid but very obstinate.
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Isaiah 46:5-13: The deliverance of Israel by the destruction of Babylon (the general subject of all these chapters) is here insisted upon, and again promised, for the conviction both of idolaters who set up as rivals with God, and of oppressors who were enemies to the people of God. I.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Isaiah 46:7: They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him,.... That is, the idol; men carry him upon their shoulders in procession, and expose him to the view and veneration of the people, just as the host is carried in procession by the Papists; or the idol being made, the workman or his men lift it up, for it cannot lift up itself, and take it...
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Isaiah 46:7: cry . . . can . . . not . . . save-- (Isa 45:20, with which contrast Isa 45:19).