Isaiah

Isaiah 46 ©

1 The idols of Babylon could not save themselves from captivity. 3 God saveth his people to the end. 5 Idols are not to be compared with God, who declareth beforehand the purposes which he executeth. 12 His salvation is near at hand.

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BEL aboweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your *carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.

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They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but 1themselves are gone into captivity.

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bHearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and call the remnant of the house of Israel, which are dborne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:

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And eeven to your old age I am he; and even to *hoar hairs will I carry you : I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

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fTo whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

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gThey lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they hfall down, yea, they worship.

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They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, ione shall cry unto him, jyet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

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kRemember this, and lshew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.

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mRemember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; nI am God, and there is none like me,

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oDeclaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, pMy counsel shall stand, and I will do qall my pleasure:

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rCalling a 2ravenous bird from the east, 3the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, sI have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

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¶Hearken unto me, ye tstouthearted, that are far from righteousness:

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uI bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place vsalvation in Zion for Israel wmy glory.