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Isaiah 46

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¹ ⓐ Bel bows down; Nebo stoops; their idols are on beasts and livestock; these things you carry are borne as burdens on weary beasts.

² They stoop; they bow down together; they cannot save the burden, butⓑ themselves go into captivity.

³ “Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, ⓒwho have been borne by me from before your birth, carried from the womb;

⁴ ⓓ even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.

⁵ ⓔ “To whom will you liken me and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike?

⁶ ⓕ Those who lavish gold from the purse, and weigh out silver in the scales, hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god; ⓖthen they fall down and worship!

⁷ ⓗ They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it, they set it in its place, and it stands there; ⓘit cannot move from its place. If one cries to it, it does not answer or save him from his trouble.

⁸ “Remember this and stand firm, recall it to mind,ⓙ you transgressors,

⁹ remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me,

¹⁰ ⓚ declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying,ⓛ ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’

¹¹ ⓜ calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. ⓝI have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, and I will do it.

¹² “Listen to me, you stubborn of heart, you who are far from righteousness:

¹³ ⓞ I bring near my righteousness; it is not far off, and my salvation will not delay; ⓟI will put salvation in Zion, for Israel my glory.”

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1	ⓐ Bel bows down; Nebo stoops; their idols are on beasts and livestock; these things you carry are borne as burdens on weary beasts.
2	They stoop; they bow down together; they cannot save the burden, butⓑ themselves go into captivity.
3	“Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, ⓒwho have been borne by me from before your birth, carried from the womb;
4	ⓓ even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.
5	ⓔ “To whom will you liken me and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike?
6	ⓕ Those who lavish gold from the purse, and weigh out silver in the scales, hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god; ⓖthen they fall down and worship!
7	ⓗ They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it, they set it in its place, and it stands there; ⓘit cannot move from its place. If one cries to it, it does not answer or save him from his trouble.
8	“Remember this and stand firm, recall it to mind,ⓙ you transgressors,
9	remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me,
10	ⓚ declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying,ⓛ ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
11	ⓜ calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. ⓝI have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, and I will do it.
12	“Listen to me, you stubborn of heart, you who are far from righteousness:
13	ⓞ I bring near my righteousness; it is not far off, and my salvation will not delay; ⓟI will put salvation in Zion, for Israel my glory.”

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