Isaiah 46:1-9
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Isaiah 46:1-9


Babylon’s Idols and the True God

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(A)Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over;
Their images are consigned to the beasts and the cattle.
The things (a)that you carry are burdensome,
A load for the weary beast.
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They stooped over, they have bowed down together;
They could not rescue the burden,
But (b)have themselves (B)gone into captivity.
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“(C)Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,
And all (D)the remnant of the house of Israel,
You who have been (E)borne by Me from (c)birth
And have been carried from the womb;
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Even to your old age (F)I (d)will be the same,
And even to your (e)(G)graying years I will bear you!
I have (f)done it, and I will carry you;
And I will bear you and I will deliver you.
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“(H)To whom would you liken Me
And make Me equal and compare Me,
That we would be alike?
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“Those who (I)lavish gold from the purse
And weigh silver on the scale
Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
They (J)bow down, indeed they worship it.
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“They (K)lift it upon the shoulder and carry it;
They set it in its place and it stands there.
(L)It does not move from its place.
Though one may cry to it, it (M)cannot answer;
It (N)cannot deliver him from his distress.
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“(O)Remember this, and be (g)assured;
(P)Recall it to (h)mind, you (Q)transgressors.
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“Remember the (R)former things long past,
For I am God, and there is (S)no other;
I am God, and there is (T)no one like Me,

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 46:1: ['Lit ', carried by you]
b. Isaiah 46:2: ['Or ', their soul has]
c. Isaiah 46:3: ['Lit ', the belly]
d. Isaiah 46:4: ['Lit ', I am He]
e. Isaiah 46:4: ['Lit ', gray hairs]
f. Isaiah 46:4: ['Or ', made, ' you']
g. Isaiah 46:8: ['Lit ', firm]
h. Isaiah 46:8: ['Lit ', heart]

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