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
1Bel bows down.
Nebo stoops.
Their idols are carried by animals,
and on the livestock.
The things that you carried around are heavy loads,
a burden for the weary.
2They stoop and they bow down together.
They could not deliver the burden,
but they have gone into captivity.
3“Listen to me, house of Jacob,
and all the remnant of the house of Israel,
that have been carried from their birth,
that have been carried from the womb.
4Even to old age I am he,
and even to gray hairs I will carry you.
I have made, and I will bear.
Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.
5“To whom will you compare me, and consider my equal,
and compare me, as if we were the same?
6Some pour out gold from the bag,
and weigh silver in the balance.
They hire a goldsmith,
and he makes it a god.
They fall down—
yes, they worship.
7They bear it on their shoulder.
They carry it, and set it in its place, and it stands there.
It cannot move from its place.
Yes, one may cry to it, yet it can not answer.
It cannot save him out of his trouble.
8“Remember this, and show yourselves men.
Bring it to mind again, you transgressors.
9Remember the former things of old;
for I am God, and there is no other.
I am God, and there is none like me.
10I declare the end from the beginning,
and from ancient times things that are not yet done.
I say: My counsel will stand,
and I will do all that I please.
11I call a ravenous bird from the east,
the man of my counsel from a far country.
Yes, I have spoken.
I will also bring it to pass.
I have planned.
I will also do it.
12Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted,
who are far from righteousness!
13I bring my righteousness near.
It is not far off,
and my salvation will not wait.
I will grant salvation to Zion,
my glory to Israel.
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