11-21-2010, 11:36 PM
Shlama distazo,
This name might be the same as "Merodach." Quoting Alexander Hislop's 'The Two Babylons'... Now, as the
tower-building was the first act of open rebellion after the flood, and Cush, as Bel, was the
ringleader in it, he was, of course, the first to whom the name Merodach, "The great Rebel," *
must have been given, and, therefore, according to the usual parallelism of the prophetic
language, we find both names of the Babylonian god referred to together, when the judgment
on Babylon is predicted: "Bel is confounded: Merodach is broken in pieces" (Jer 1:2).
* Merodach comes from Mered, to rebel; and Dakh, the demonstrative pronoun affixed, which
makes it emphatic, signifying "That" or "The great."
The judgment comes upon the Babylonian god according to what he had done. As Bel, he
had "confounded" the whole earth, therefore he is "confounded." As Merodach, by the
rebellion he had stirred up, he had "broken" the united world in pieces; [I PRESUME HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE BREAK-UP DUE TO THE CONFUSION OF LANGUAGES THAT OCCURRED AT BABEL] therefore he himself is
"broken in pieces."
Bro. Larry
Quote:I don't know where I have read this, but take the Chaldean god 'marduk' what that not be alike? Mar-Duk? (Lord-Duk)
B.t.w. it's unknown what the exact meaning of this name, but it happens to be that in Russian, something like that, 'ducha' means 'spirit' So Mar-Duk could mean Lord of the Spirit. But, that only would be valid if 'duk' is derived from an ancestor of the Russian people.
This name might be the same as "Merodach." Quoting Alexander Hislop's 'The Two Babylons'... Now, as the
tower-building was the first act of open rebellion after the flood, and Cush, as Bel, was the
ringleader in it, he was, of course, the first to whom the name Merodach, "The great Rebel," *
must have been given, and, therefore, according to the usual parallelism of the prophetic
language, we find both names of the Babylonian god referred to together, when the judgment
on Babylon is predicted: "Bel is confounded: Merodach is broken in pieces" (Jer 1:2).
* Merodach comes from Mered, to rebel; and Dakh, the demonstrative pronoun affixed, which
makes it emphatic, signifying "That" or "The great."
The judgment comes upon the Babylonian god according to what he had done. As Bel, he
had "confounded" the whole earth, therefore he is "confounded." As Merodach, by the
rebellion he had stirred up, he had "broken" the united world in pieces; [I PRESUME HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE BREAK-UP DUE TO THE CONFUSION OF LANGUAGES THAT OCCURRED AT BABEL] therefore he himself is
"broken in pieces."
Bro. Larry