Isaiah 46
46
False Gods Are Useless
1Bel and Nebo bow down.
Their idols are carried by animals.
The statues are only heavy loads that must be carried.
They only make people tired.
2These false gods will all bow down.
They cannot save themselves.
They will all be carried away like prisoners.
3“Family of Jacob, listen to me!
All you people from Israel who are still alive, listen!
I have carried you since you were born.
I have taken care of you from your birth.
4Even when you are old, I will take care of you.
Even when your hair has turned gray, I will take care of you.
I made you and will take care of you.
I will carry you, and I will save you.
5“Can you compare me to anyone?
No one is equal to me or like me.
6Some people are rich with gold.
They weigh their silver on the scales.
They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god.
Then they bow down and worship it.
7They put it on their shoulders and carry it.
They set it in its place, and there it stands.
It cannot move from its place.
People may yell at it, but it cannot answer.
It cannot save people from their troubles.
8“Remember this, and do not forget it!
Think about these things, you who turn against God.
9Remember what happened long ago.
Remember that I am God. There is no other God.
I am God. There is no one like me.
10From the beginning I told you what would happen in the end.
A long time ago I told you things that have not yet happened.
When I plan something, it happens.
I do the things I want to do.
11I am calling a man from the east to carry out my plan.
He will come like a hawk from a country far away.
I will make what I have said come true.
I will do what I have planned.
12Listen to me, you stubborn people.
You are far from what is right.
13I will soon do the things that are right.
I will bring salvation soon.
I will save Jerusalem.
And I will bring glory to Israel.”
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Isaiah 46
46
There Is No One Like God
1Bel crouches; Nebo cowers.#Jr 50:2–4; 51:44
Idols depicting them are consigned to beasts and cattle.
The images you carry are loaded,
as a burden for the weary animal.
2The gods cower; they crouch together;
they are not able to rescue the burden,
but they themselves go into captivity.#Jdg 18:17–18,24; 2Sm 5:21; Jr 43:12–13; 48:7; Hs 10:5–6
3“Listen to me, house of Jacob,
all the remnant of the house of Israel,
who have been sustained from the womb,
carried along since birth.
4I will be the same until your old age,#Ps 71:18
and I will bear you up when you turn gray.
I have made you, and I will carry you;
I will bear and rescue you.
5“To whom will you compare me or make me equal?
Who will you measure me with,
so that we should be like each other?#Is 40:18,25
6Those who pour out their bags of gold
and weigh out silver on scales —
they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god.
Then they kneel and bow down to it.#Is 40:19; 41:7; 44:12–17; Jr 10:4
7They lift it to their shoulder and bear it along;#Is 45:20; 46:1; Jr 10:5
they set it in its place, and there it stands;
it does not budge from its place.#Is 40:20; 41:7
They cry out to it but it doesn’t answer;
it saves no one from his trouble.
8“Remember this and be brave;#46:8 Hb obscure
take it to heart, you transgressors!
9Remember what happened long ago,#Dt 32:7; Is 42:9; 65:17
for I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and no one is like me.
10I declare the end from the beginning,
and from long ago what is not yet done,
saying: my plan will take place,
and I will do all my will.#Ps 33:11; Pr 19:21; Is 5:19; 14:24; 25:1; 40:8; Ac 5:39
11I call a bird of prey#46:11 = Cyrus from the east,#Is 44:28–45:1
a man for my purpose from a far country.
Yes, I have spoken; so I will also bring it about.#Nm 23:19; Is 14:24; 37:26
I have planned it; I will also do it.
12Listen to me, you hardhearted,
far removed from justice:
13I am bringing my justice near;#Is 51:5; 61:11; Rm 3:21
it is not far away,
and my salvation will not delay.
I will put salvation in Zion,
my splendor in Israel.
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