set up] Heb. lift up.
a standard] As the manner is; either to gather companies together; or to give notice of some weighty occurrent, Chap. 4. 6, 21. & 51. 12, 27.
Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces] Bel and Merodach, two of their chiefe idols. Of Bel, see Isaiah 46:1. From Merodach had some of their Kings their names, Isaiah 39:1.
her idols are confounded] Isaiah 21:9. & Isaiah 46:1.