Isaiah 46
46
There is No One Like God
1Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. # Jr 50:2-4; 51:44
Their idols 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 save you.
5“Who will you compare Me or make Me equal to?
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; # 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 # = 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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Isaiah 46
46
Babylon’s Idols and the True God
1Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over;
Their idols are on the beasts [of burden] and on the cattle.
Your burdens [of idols] are loaded [on them],
Burdens on the weary animals.
2They stooped over, they have bowed down together;
They could not rescue the burden [of their own idols],
But have themselves gone into captivity.
3“Listen to Me,” [says the Lord], “O house of Jacob,
And all the remnant of the house of Israel,
You who have been carried by Me from your birth
And have been carried [in My arms] from the womb,
4Even to your old age I am He,
And even to your advanced old age I will carry you!
I have made you, and I will carry you;
Be assured I will carry you and I will save you.
5“To whom would you liken Me
And make Me equal and compare Me,
That we may be alike?
6Those who lavish gold from the bag
And weigh out silver on the scales
Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
They bow down, indeed they worship it.
7They lift it on their shoulders [in religious processions or into battle] and carry it;
They set it in its place and there it remains standing.
It cannot move from its place.
Even if one cries to it [for help], the idol cannot answer;
It cannot save him from his distress.
8“Remember this, and take courage;
Take it to heart, you rebellious and disloyal people.
9Remember [carefully] the former things [which I did] from ages past;
For I am God, and there is no one else;
I am God, and there is no one like Me,
10Declaring the end and the result from the beginning,
And from ancient times the things which have not [yet] been done,
Saying, ‘My purpose will be established,
And I will do all that pleases Me and fulfills My purpose,’
11Calling a bird of prey from the east,
From a far country, the man (Cyrus) of My purpose.
Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass.
I have planned it, be assured I will do it.
12“Listen to Me, you stiff-necked people,
You who are far from righteousness (right standing with God).
13I bring near My righteousness [in the salvation of Israel], it is not far away;
And My salvation will not delay.
And I will grant salvation in Zion,
And My glory for Israel.
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