Isaiah 65:11-12 But you are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop… Among Orientals the planets Jupiter and Venus were worshipped as the Larger and the Lesser Luck. They were worshipped as Merodach and Istar among the Babylonians. Merodach was worshipped for prosperity. It may be Merodach and Istar to whom are here given the names Gad (or Luck) and Meni, or Fate, Fortune. There was in the Babylonian Pantheon a " Manu the Great, who presided over fate." (Prof. G. A. Smith, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number. |
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