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Bel bows down. Nebo stoops. Their idols are carried by animals, and on the livestock. The things that you carried around are heavy loads, a burden for the weary.
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Verse 1. Bel; perhaps Nimrod, ( Calmet.) or Saturn, to whom they sacrificed their children. Worthington.—Nabo, “the oracle” of Belus. The Chaldees adored statues and beasts. But the Persians worshipped the elements. Calmet.—Xerxes destroyed the tomb of Belus, after his expedition into Greece. Arrian vii.) He had there demolished the temples, (Herod. viii. 109.) pretending ( Bible.) that “the world is the house of the gods.” Cic. Leg. ii.—Weariness. The priests affected to be weighed down, as if the god were present. Baruch 6:25. Saint Cyril
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