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.

a ch. 21.9; 40.19,20; 41.6,7; 44.9-20. Je. 50.2,38; 51.17,18,44,47; 10.3,5,14,15; 48.1,7; 49.3; 16.19,20. Ps. 115.4-8; 135.15-18. 1Sa. 5.3,4. Zec. 13.2. ch. 2.18.
2

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

3

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:

b ch. 43.1; 44.1; 10.22; 11.11,15; 28.5; 48.20.
c ch. 6.13.
d Ps. 22.9,10; 71.6,18. Eze. 16.4-14. ch. 49.1. De. 1.31; 32.11,12. Ex. 19.4.
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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.

e Ps. 92.14. He. 13.5,8. Mal. 3.6. Ps. 102.27,28; 48.14; 71.18. ch. 45.17; 52.6; 63.9. Ex. 19.4-6. De. 1.31; 32.11. 2Co. 1.10,20. 1Pe. 1.5. Jn. 10.28,29. Ps. 73.24,26.
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fTo whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

f ch. 40.18,25. Je. 10.3-16.
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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.

g ch. 40.19,20; 41.7; 44.9-20; 45.20. Je. 10.3-15; 16.19,20. v.1,2. Ps. 115.4-8; 135.15-18. Ac. 17.28. 1Co. 8.4.
h Ex. 20.5. 2Ki. 5.18. ch. 2.8; 44.15,18; 45.20.
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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.

i Je. 2.28; 10.5. Ju. 10.13,14. 1Ki. 18.26-29. ch. 44.9,10,20; 45.20.
j Ps. 115.5.
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kRemember this, and lshew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.

k De. 32.29. ch. 44.21. 1Co. 16.13; 14.20; 15.30.
l 1Sa. 4.9.
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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,

m Ps. 78; 105; 106; 114; 135; 136. Ne. 9. Eze. 20. De. 32.7.
n ch. 45.5,6,14,18,21,22; 44.6,8; 43.10. v.5. ch. 40.18.
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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:

o ch. 41.22,23,26; 44.7. Ac. 15.18.
p Ps. 33.11; 115.3. Pr. 19.21; 21.30. Da. 4.35. He. 6.17. v.11.
q ch. 44.28.
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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.

r ch. 41.2,3,25; 44.28; 45.1-6,13; 48.14,15; 21.7,9; 13.2-19. Je. 50; 51.
s ch. 14.26,27. Je. 50.45. Job 23.13. Ep. 1.11. Ac. 5.39. Da. 4.34,35. Nu. 23.19.
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¶Hearken unto me, ye tstouthearted, that are far from righteousness:

t ch. 43.24; 48.2,4. Job 5.4. Ps. 73.27; 119.155. Zec. 7.11,12. Mal. 3.13-15. Ac. 7.51. Mat. 9.13. Ps. 68.18.
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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.

u Ps. 46.1,5; 85.9. Hab. 2.3. ch. 13.22; 14.1-3. Ro. 1.17; 3.3,21-26; 10.4-6,10. Ac. 13.26. ch. 61.10; 63.1-4; 1.27; 45.8,22; 51.5,8; 52.10. Lu. 19.10. 1Ti. 1.15.
v ch. 62.11.
w Ps. 14.7. ch. 62.3; 60.21; 63.14; 55.13. Ep. 1.6,23; 3.21. Je. 33.9.