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BEL

Title of the state god of Babylon, Marduk, mentioned disdainfully by Isaiah (Is 46:1). Jeremiah speaks of Bel (Jer 50:2; 51:44), and Bel is the idol in the apocryphal Bel and the Dragon. See Marduk.

Show passage in OET: ISA 46:1

OET-RV ISA 46:1

46 The Babylonian gods Bel bows down and Nevo stoops low.
⇔ Their idols need to be carried by animals and are burdens for tired cattle.

OET-LV ISA 46:1

46 Bel he _has _bowed _down Nəⱱō is_stooping _low idols _of_their they _belong to_animal[s] and_to_cattle burdens _of_your(pl) are_carried a _load for_a _weary_animal.

Show passage in OET: JER 50:2

OET-RV JER 50:2

2 Make a report to the nations and get them to listen to it.
⇔ Raise a signal flag and cause them to listen—don’t conceal it.
⇔ Tell them that Bavel will be captured and their ‘god’ Merodak (also called ‘Bel’) will be humiliated.
⇔ Merodak will be completely disgraced—
⇔ its replicas will be humiliated as its idols will be shattered.

OET-LV JER 50:2

2 Declare among_nations and_make _a _proclamation and_lift _up a _standard make _a _proclamation do _not hide_it say Bāⱱel it _will _be _captured Bel it _will _be _put _to _shame Marduk it _will _be _shattered images _of_its they _will _be _put _to _shame idols _of_its they _will _be _shattered.

Show passage in OET: JER 51:44

OET-RV JER 51:44

44 I’ll punish Bavel’s god Bel
⇔ and I’ll pull what he swallowed back out of his mouth,
⇔ Then the nations will no longer go streaming to him to placate him.
⇔ What’s more, Bavel’s walls will fall.

OET-LV JER 51:44

44 And_I _will _visit_judgement on Bel in_Bāⱱel and_I _will _bring _out DOM thing _of_his _swallowed from_mouth _of_his and_not they _will _stream to_him/it again nations also the _wall _of Bāⱱel it _will _fall.

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