Isaiah 46
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Lutheran reading notes
In Isaiah chapter 46, the prophetic message continues to reveal themes of judgment, repentance, messianic hope, and restoration. Lutheran interpretation often emphasizes the contrast between divine law, which exposes sin, and the promise of grace through God's future redemption. The chapter illustrates both warning and hope within God's covenant relationship.
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Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages {were} heavy loaden; {they are} a burden to the weary {beast}.
Isaiah 46:1 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. {themselves: Heb. their soul}
Isaiah 46:2 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne {by me} from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
Isaiah 46:3 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And {even} to {your} old age I {am} he; and {even} to hoar hairs will I carry {you}: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver {you}.
Isaiah 46:4 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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To whom will ye liken me, and make {me} equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
Isaiah 46:5 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, {and} hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
Isaiah 46:6 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, {one} shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Isaiah 46:7 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring {it} again to mind, O ye transgressors.
Isaiah 46:8 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Remember the former things of old: for I {am} God, and {there is} none else; {I am} God, and {there is} none like me,
Isaiah 46:9 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times {the things} that are not {yet} done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Isaiah 46:10 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken {it}, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed {it}, I will also do it. {that...: Heb. of my counsel}
Isaiah 46:11 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that {are} far from righteousness:
Isaiah 46:12 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
Isaiah 46:13 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.