Isaiah 46:6-7

[6] They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship. [7] They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

What is the context of Isaiah 46:6-7?

Gods of Babylon (Isaiah 46:1-13 true)
There is No One Like God (Isaiah 46:1-13 true)
Babylon’s Idols and the True God (Isaiah 46:1-13 true)
Dead Idols and the Living God (Isaiah 46:1-13 true)
Babylon’s False Gods (Isaiah 46:1-13 true)
The Idols of Babylon and the One True God (Isaiah 46:1-13 true)
Babylon’s Idols (Isaiah 46:1-13 true)
God is Unique and Eternal (Isaiah 46:1-13 true)

What does Isaiah 46:6-7 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

This is Isaiah"s fourth and last expos of the folly of idol worship (cf. Isaiah 40:19-20; Isaiah 41:6-7; Isaiah 44:9-20). How foolish it is to spend a lot of money and effort to make something that cannot care for itself much less its worshipper. It has no power to respond in any way, much less to save.

"There are two kinds of gods in this world: the kind you carry and the One who can carry you." ^[1]