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Isaiah 46

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¹ Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. ⓜ Idols depicting them are consigned to beasts and cattle. The images you carry are loaded, as a burden for the weary animal.

² The gods cower; they crouch together; they are not able to rescue the burden, but they themselves go into captivity. ⓝ

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.

⁴ I will be the same until your old age, ⓐ and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will bear and rescue 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? ⓑ

⁶ Those 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. ⓒ

⁷ They lift it to their shoulder and bear it along; ⓓ they set it in its place, and there it stands; it does not budge from its place. ⓔ They cry out to it but it doesn’t answer; it saves no one from his trouble.

⁸ “Remember this and be brave; [1] take it to heart, you transgressors!

⁹ Remember what happened long ago, ⓕ for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and no one is like me.

¹⁰ I 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. ⓖ

¹¹ I call a bird of prey [2] from the east, ⓗ a man for my purpose from a far country. Yes, I have spoken; so I will also bring it about. ⓘ I have planned it; I will also do it.

¹² Listen to me, you hardhearted, far removed from justice:

¹³ I am bringing my justice near; ⓙ 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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1	Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. ⓜ Idols depicting them are consigned to beasts and cattle. The images you carry are loaded, as a burden for the weary animal.
2	The gods cower; they crouch together; they are not able to rescue the burden, but they themselves go into captivity. ⓝ
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.
4	I will be the same until your old age, ⓐ and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will bear and rescue 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? ⓑ
6	Those 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. ⓒ
7	They lift it to their shoulder and bear it along; ⓓ they set it in its place, and there it stands; it does not budge from its place. ⓔ They cry out to it but it doesn’t answer; it saves no one from his trouble.
8	“Remember this and be brave; [1] take it to heart, you transgressors!
9	Remember what happened long ago, ⓕ for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and no one is like me.
10	I 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. ⓖ
11	I call a bird of prey [2] from the east, ⓗ a man for my purpose from a far country. Yes, I have spoken; so I will also bring it about. ⓘ I have planned it; I will also do it.
12	Listen to me, you hardhearted, far removed from justice:
13	I am bringing my justice near; ⓙ 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 46:1 [76]} Title: Probably a musical term

^{Isaiah 46:3 [77]} The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 7 and 11.

^{Isaiah 46:9 [78]} Or chariots

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