What Does Isaiah 46:1 Mean?

“boweth down”

to bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostrate

“Bel”

bel, the baal of the babylonians

“stoopeth”

to hunch, i.e., be hump-backed

“Nebo”

nebo, the name of a babylonian deity

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“their idols”

an (idolatrous) image

“were upon the beasts”

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin

“and upon the cattle”

properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)

“your carriages”

something borne, i.e., a load

“were heavy loaden”

to load, i.e., impose a burden (or figuratively, infliction)

“they are a burden”

a burden; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire

“to the weary”

languid