Isaías 46:8

8 »¡No olviden esto! ¡Ténganlo presente!
Recuérdenlo, ustedes los culpables.

Isaías 46:8 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 46:8

Remember this
Or "these things", as the Syriac version, concerning the matter of which, and the manner in which idols are made; their impotency to move themselves, and their inability to help their votaries, and the difference between them and the true God: and show yourselves men;
and not brutes, as the makers and worshippers of images are, or show themselves as if they were; who unmanly themselves, and act contrary to the natural reason of mankind: or "be ye strong" F17; so the Targum and Jarchi; fortify yourselves against all temptations to idolatry, and against all the arguments and persuasions of idolaters; or "burn ye" F18 or "be ye inflamed", so Rabenu Hal and Joseph Kimchi; that is, blush and be ashamed at such sottishness and stupidity, as men when they are ashamed look as if their faces were inflamed; so the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "be ye confounded" F19; or the sense is, be fervent in spirit, be fired F20 with zeal for God and his glory, and with indignation against such gross idolatry: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors;
of the law of God, in this instance of idolatry; meaning either the Babylonians, or rather the Jews, who had been drawn in by them to idolatrous practices; calling upon them to return to their senses; to use and exercise their reason; to recollect and reconsider things, and observe and repent of the folly and wickedness they had been guilty of.


FOOTNOTES:

F17 (wvvath) "roborat vos", Pagninus, Tigurine version; so Ben Melech interprets the word.
F18 Ardete, "comburite vos", some in Vatablus.
F19 "Confundamini", V. L. "et erubescite", Calvin.
F20 "Incendimini sive corripimini zelo", Vitringa.

Isaías 46:8 In-Context

6 Hay quienes derrochan su plata y su oro
y contratan a un artesano para que de estos les haga un dios.
Luego, ¡se inclinan y le rinden culto!
7 Lo llevan sobre los hombros
y cuando lo bajan, allí se queda.
¡Ni siquiera se puede mover!
Cuando alguien le dirige una oración, no obtiene respuesta;
no puede rescatar a nadie de sus dificultades.
8 »¡No olviden esto! ¡Ténganlo presente!
Recuérdenlo, ustedes los culpables.
9 Recuerden las cosas que hice en el pasado.
¡Pues solo yo soy Dios!
Yo soy Dios, y no hay otro como yo.
10 Solo yo puedo predecir el futuro
antes que suceda.
Todos mis planes se cumplirán
porque yo hago todo lo que deseo.
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