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 bows down; Nebo stoops over. Their idols are for beasts and cattle. The things you carry are borne as burdens on weary beasts. 2They stoop, they bow down together, they cannot save the burden, but themselves go into captivity. “Listen to Me, house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, borne by Me from birth, carried from the womb. 4Even to your old age I will be the same, until you are gray I will carry you. I have done it; I will bear you; I will carry you; I will deliver you. 5To whom will you liken Me, or make Me equal or compare Me, that we should be alike?

Isaiah 46:3 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Hearkenשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• unto me, O houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• and all the remnantשְׁאֵרִיתshe'êrîyth · remnantH7611
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• which are borneעָמַס‛âmas ‛âmaώ · loadH6006
• from the bellyבֶּ֫טֶןbeţen · belly: wombH990
• which are carriedנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
• from the wombרַחַםracham · wombH7356

Cross-references for Isaiah 46:3

• Isaiah 44:1“But now listen, Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.”
• Isaiah 48:1Hear this, house of Jacob, who are called by the Name of Israel, who came from the wellspring of Judah, who swear by the Name of Adonai and confess the God of Israel— but not in truth or righteousness.
• Isaiah 51:1“Listen to Me, you who pursue justice, you who seek Adonai. Look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug.
• Psalms 81:8You called out in trouble, and I rescued you. I answered you from the hiding place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
• Isaiah 1:9Unless Adonai-Tzva’ot had left us a small remnant, we would have been as Sodom, we would have been as Gomorrah.
• Isaiah 10:22For though your people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction has been decreed. Justice overflows.
• Isaiah 11:11It will also come about in that day that my Lord will again redeem— a second time with His hand— the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
• Isaiah 37:4Perhaps Adonai your God, will hear the words of the Rab-shakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words which Adonai your God has heard. So offer prayer for the remnant that is left.”
• Isaiah 49:1Listen, to Me, islands! Pay attention, peoples far away. Adonai called Me from the womb, from My mother’s belly He named Me.
• Isaiah 63:9In all their affliction He was afflicted. So the angel of His presence saved them. In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them, then He lifted them and carried them all the days of old.
• Exodus 19:4‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I carried you on eagle’s wings and brought you to Myself.
• Deuteronomy 1:31and in the wilderness, where you saw how Adonai your God carried you as a man carries his son, everywhere you went until you came to this place.’
• Deuteronomy 32:11As an eagle stirs up its nest, hovers over its young, He spreads His wings, catches him, lifts him up on His pinions.
• Psalms 22:9“Rely on Adonai! Let Him deliver him! Let Him rescue him— since he delights in Him!”
• Psalms 71:6From my birth I have leaned on You. You took me out of my mother’s womb. My praise is always about You.
• Ezekiel 16:6“When I passed by you, and saw you kicking in your blood. I said to you, ‘In your blood, live!’ Yes, I said to you, ‘In your 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