They stooped over, they have bowed down together; They could not rescue the burden, But have themselves gone into captivity.

都一同弯腰屈身，不能保全重驮，自己倒被掳去。

这些神明一同屈身叩拜，不能救自己，反倒遭人掳去。

这些神明一同屈身叩拜，不能救自己，反倒遭人掳去。

它们一同屈膝降服，不但救不了被掳的巴比伦人，自己也被掳去。

它们一同弯腰、俯伏，不能保护重负，它们自己反倒被掳去了。

它们一同屈蹲、屈伏，不但不能保全负载，连自己也被掳去了。

都一同彎腰屈身，不能保全重馱，自己倒被擄去。

這些神明一同屈身叩拜，不能救自己，反倒遭人擄去。

這些神明一同屈身叩拜，不能救自己，反倒遭人擄去。

它們一同屈膝降服，不但救不了被擄的巴比倫人，自己也被擄去。

它們一同彎腰、俯伏，不能保護重負，它們自己反倒被擄去了。

他們一概彎腰跌落，屈身仆倒，不能保全重馱，自己反倒被擄而去。

它們一同屈蹲、屈伏，不但不能保全負載，連自己也被擄去了。

彼皆傾覆、同俯伏、不能救其重負、己亦為人所虜、○

巴勒、尼破俱已隕越、不能保其偶像、為人所虜。

彼皆傾仆顛蹶、不能救所負之像、乃見擄掠、

They stoop and bow down together; unable to rescue the burden, they themselves go off into captivity.

The gods named Bel and Nebo are brought down in shame together. They aren’t able to save their own statues. They themselves are carried off as prisoners.

They stoop; they bow down together; they cannot save the burden, but themselves go into captivity.

Both the idols and their owners are bowed down. The gods cannot protect the people, and the people cannot protect the gods. They go off into captivity together.

The gods cower; they crouch together; they are not able to rescue the burden, but they themselves go into captivity.

They stoop, they bow down together; They could not deliver the burden, But have themselves gone into captivity.

They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.

The gods cower; they crouch together; they are not able to rescue the burden, but they themselves go into captivity.

They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.

Together they bend low and kneel down; they are unable to rescue the images; they themselves head off into captivity.

They stoop and they bow down together. They could not deliver the burden, but they have gone into captivity.

For because of your trust in your own achievements and treasures, You yourself will also be captured; And Chemosh will go off into exile Together with his priests and his leaders.

Now the five men who went to spy out the land went up and entered there; they took the carved image, the ephod, the household idols, and the cast metal image, while the priest was standing at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.When these men entered Micah’s house and took the carved image, the ephod, household idols, and the cast metal image, the priest said to them,“ What are you doing?”

And the Philistines abandoned their idols there, so David and his men carried them away.

And I shall set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he will burn them and take them captive. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself with his garment, and he will depart from there safely.He will also smash to pieces the obelisks of Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt; and the temples of the gods of Egypt he will burn with fire.” ’ ”

And he said,“ You have taken my gods which I made, and the priest, and have gone away; what more do I have? So how can you say to me,‘ What is the matter with you?’ ”

Beware that Hezekiah does not mislead you, saying,“ The Lord will save us.” Has any one of the gods of the nations saved his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? And when have they saved Samaria from my hand?

and have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but only the work of human hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.

“ Gather yourselves and come; Come together, you survivors of the nations! They have no knowledge, Who carry around their wooden idol And pray to a god who cannot save.

The inhabitants of Samaria will fear For the calf of Beth aven. Indeed, its people will mourn for it, And its idolatrous priests will cry out over it, Over its glory, since it has left it.The thing itself will be brought to Assyria As a gift of tribute to King Jareb; Ephraim will be seized with shame, And Israel will be ashamed of its own plan.

Yet the rest of it he makes into a god, his carved image. He bows down before it and worships; he also prays to it and says,“ Save me, for you are my god.”

Did the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed save them: Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar?