1;  The idols of Babylon could not save themselves.
  3;  God saves his people to the end.
  5;  Idols are not comparable to God for power,
 12;  or present salvation.

 * Bel.
   Bel, called Belus by the Greek and Roman writers, is the same
   as Baal; and Nebo is interpreted by Castell and Norberg of
   Mercury; the two principal idols of Babylon.  When that city
   was taken by the Persians, these images were carried in
   triumph.

  21:9  41:6,7  Ex 12:12  1Sa 5:3  Jer 48:1-25  50:2  51:44,47,52 
 * a burden.
  2:20  Jer 10:5