Isaiah 46:3

Isaiah 46:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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:
• New International Version (NIV)“Listen to me, you descendants of Jacob, all the remnant of the people of Israel, you whom I have upheld since your birth, and have carried since you were born.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from before your birth, carried from the womb;
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, Who have been upheld by Me from birth, Who have been carried from the womb:

Context of Isaiah 46:3

1Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavily loaded; they were a burden to the weary beast . 2They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves have gone into captivity. Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, who are borne by me from birth, who are carried from the womb: 4And even to your old age I am he; and even to gray hairs will I carry you : I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you . 5To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

Isaiah 46:3 word by word

שִׁמְע֤וּ אֵלַי֙ בֵּ֣ית יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְכָל־שְׁאֵרִ֖ית בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הַֽעֲמֻסִים֙ מִנִּי־בֶ֔טֶן הַנְּשֻׂאִ֖ים מִנִּי־רָֽחַם׃Read the interlinear

• Hearkenשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• remnantשְׁאֵרִיתshe'êrîyth · remnantH7611
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• borneעָמַס‛âmas ‛âmaώ · loadH6006
• birthבֶּ֫טֶןbeţen · belly: wombH990
• carriedנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
• wombרַחַםracham · wombH7356

Cross-references for Isaiah 46:3

• Isaiah 44:1Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
• Isaiah 48:1Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
• Isaiah 51:1Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look to the rock from which ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit from which ye are dug.
• Psalms 81:8Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken to me;
• Isaiah 1:9Except the LORD of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like Gomorrah.
• Isaiah 10:22For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the full end decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
• Isaiah 11:11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the isles of the sea.
• Isaiah 37:4It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: therefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
• Isaiah 49:1Listen, to me O isles; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the body of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
• Isaiah 63:9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
• Exodus 19:4Ye have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to myself.
• Deuteronomy 1:31And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how the LORD thy God bore thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.
• Deuteronomy 32:11As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
• Psalms 22:9But thou art he that brought me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.
• Psalms 71:6By thee have I been sustained from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s womb: my praise shall be continually of thee.
• Ezekiel 16:6And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thy own blood, I said to thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said to thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.

Commentaries on Isaiah 46:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Which are borne by me from the belly "Ye that have been borne by me from the birth" - The prophet very ingeniously, and with great force, contrasts the power of God, and his tender goodness effectually exerted towards his people, with the inability of the false gods of the heathen. He like an indulgent father had carried his people in his arms, "as a man carrieth his son," Deuteronomy 1:31. He had protected them, and delivered them from their distresses…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Hearken unto me - From this view of the captive gods, the address is now turned to the Jews. The utter vanity of the idols had been set before them; and in view of that, God now addresses his own people, and entreats them to put their trust in him. The address he commences with words of great tenderness and endearment, designed to lead them to confide in him as their Father and friend. And all the remnant - All who were left from slaughter, and all who…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3the remnant of the house of Israel: This refers to the survivors after Jerusalem's destruction in 586 BC. The Lord, the Creator of humanity, cares for and carries his people, unlike the Babylonian idols that need carrying. sustained from the womb, carried along since birth: The Lord chose Israel even before it became a nation (see also Isaiah 49:5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. in contrast to what precedes: Babylon's idols, so far from bearing its people safely are themselves borne off, a burden to the laden beast; but Jehovah bears His people in safety even from the womb to old age (Is 63:9; De 32:11; Psa 71:6, 18). God compares Himself to a nurse tenderly carrying a child; contrast Moses' language (Nu 11:12).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 46

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings