Isaiah 46
1 Bel has fallen, Nabo is broken to
pieces, their graven images are gone to the wild beasts and the cattle: ye
take them packed up as a burden to the weary, exhausted, hungry, and
at the same time helpless man;
2 who will not be able to save
themselves from war, but they themselves are led
away captive.
3 Hear me, O house of Jacob, and all
the remnant of Israel, who are borne by me from the
womb, and taught by me from infancy,
even to old age:
4 I am he;
and until ye shall have grown old, I am he: I bear
you, I have made, and I will
aOr, put up with.relieve, I will take up and save you.
5 To whom have ye compared me? see,
consider, ye that go astray. 6 They
that furnish gold out of a purse, and silver by weight, will weigh it in a
scale, and they hire a goldsmith and make
bGr. things made with hands.idols, and bow down, and worship them.
7 They bear it upon the shoulder, and
go; and if they put it upon its place, it remains, it cannot move: and
whosoever shall cry to it, it cannot hear; it cannot save him from trouble.
8 Remember ye these things, and groan:
repent, ye that have gone astray, return in your heart;
9 and remember the former things
that were of old: for I am God, and there is none
other beside me, 10 telling
beforehand the latter events before they come to pass, and they are
accomplished together: and I said, All my counsel shall stand, and I will do
all things that I have planned:
11 calling a bird from the east, and
from a land afar off, for the things which I have planned: I have spoken, and
brought him; I have created and made
him; I have brought him, and prospered his way.
12 Hearken to me, ye senseless ones,
that are far from righteousness: 13 I
have brought near my righteousness, and I will not be slow with the salvation
that is from me: I have given salvation in Sion to Israel for glory.