Isaiah 46
46
Dead Idols and the Living God
1Bel #Is. 21:9; Jer. 50:2bows down, Nebo stoops;
Their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle.
Your carriages were heavily loaded,
#Jer. 10:5A burden to the weary beast.
2They stoop, they bow down together;
They could not deliver the burden,
#Judg. 18:17, 18, 24; 2 Sam. 5:21; Jer. 48:7; Hos. 10:5, 6But have themselves gone into captivity.
3“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,
And all the remnant of the house of Israel,
#Deut. 32:11; Ps. 71:6; Is. 63:9Who have been upheld by Me from birth,
Who have been carried from the womb:
4Even to your old age, #Mal. 3:6I am He,
And even to gray hairs #Ps. 48:14I will carry you!
I have made, and I will bear;
Even I will carry, and will deliver you.
5“To#Is. 40:18, 25 whom will you liken Me, and make Me equal
And compare Me, that we should be alike?
6#Is. 40:19; 41:6; Jer. 10:4They lavish gold out of the bag,
And weigh silver on the scales;
They hire a #Is. 44:12goldsmith, and he makes it a god;
They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship.
7#Is. 45:20; 46:1; Jer. 10:5They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it
And set it in its place, and it stands;
From its place it shall not move.
Though #Is. 45:20one cries out to it, yet it cannot answer
Nor save him out of his trouble.
8“Remember this, and show yourselves men;
#Is. 44:19Recall to mind, O you transgressors.
9#Deut. 32:7; Is. 42:9; 65:17Remember the former things of old,
For I am God, and #Is. 45:5, 21there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like Me,
10#Is. 45:21; 48:3Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things that are not yet done,
Saying, #Ps. 33:11; Prov. 19:21; 21:30; Is. 14:24; 25:1; Acts 5:39; Heb. 6:17‘My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure,’
11Calling a bird of prey #Is. 41:2, 25from the east,
The man #Is. 44:28who executes My counsel, from a far country.
Indeed #Num. 23:19I have spoken it;
I will also bring it to pass.
I have purposed it;
I will also do it.
12“Listen to Me, you #Ps. 76:5; Is. 48:4; Zech. 7:11, 12; Mal. 3:13stubborn-hearted,
#(Rom. 10:3)Who are far from righteousness:
13#(Rom. 1:17)I bring My righteousness near, it shall not be far off;
My salvation #Hab. 2:3shall not linger.
And I will place #Is. 62:11; Joel 3:17; (1 Pet. 2:6)salvation in Zion,
For Israel My glory.
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Isaiah 46
46
Babylon’s False Gods
1Bel and Nebo, the gods of Babylon,
bow as they are lowered to the ground.
They are being hauled away on ox carts.
The poor beasts stagger under the weight.
2Both the idols and their owners are bowed down.
The gods cannot protect the people,
and the people cannot protect the gods.
They go off into captivity together.
3“Listen to me, descendants of Jacob,
all you who remain in Israel.
I have cared for you since you were born.
Yes, I carried you before you were born.
4I will be your God throughout your lifetime—
until your hair is white with age.
I made you, and I will care for you.
I will carry you along and save you.
5“To whom will you compare me?
Who is my equal?
6Some people pour out their silver and gold
and hire a craftsman to make a god from it.
Then they bow down and worship it!
7They carry it around on their shoulders,
and when they set it down, it stays there.
It can’t even move!
And when someone prays to it, there is no answer.
It can’t rescue anyone from trouble.
8“Do not forget this! Keep it in mind!
Remember this, you guilty ones.
9Remember the things I have done in the past.
For I alone am God!
I am God, and there is none like me.
10Only I can tell you the future
before it even happens.
Everything I plan will come to pass,
for I do whatever I wish.
11I will call a swift bird of prey from the east—
a leader from a distant land to come and do my bidding.
I have said what I would do,
and I will do it.
12“Listen to me, you stubborn people
who are so far from doing right.
13For I am ready to set things right,
not in the distant future, but right now!
I am ready to save Jerusalem#46:13 Hebrew Zion.
and show my glory to Israel.
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