Isaiah 46 — Legacy Standard Bible

Babylon’s Idols and the True God

46^aBel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over;Their images are on the beasts and the cattle.The things ¹that you carry are burdensome,A load for the weary beast.²They stooped over, they have bowed down together;They could not rescue the load,But ¹have themselves ^agone into captivity.³“^aHear Me, O house of Jacob,And all ^bthe remnant of the house of Israel,You who have been ^cburdening Me from ¹birthAnd have been carried from the womb;⁴Even to your old age ¹^,^aI will be the same,And even to your ²^,^bgraying years I will bear you!I have ³done it, and I will carry you;And I will bear you, and I will rescue you.⁵“^aTo whom would you liken MeAnd make Me equal and compare Me,That we would be alike?⁶“Those who ^alavish gold from the purseAnd weigh silver on the scale,They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;They ^bfall down, indeed they worship it.⁷“They ^acarry it upon the shoulder and bear it;They set it in its place, and it stands there.^bIt does not move from its place.Though one may cry to it, it ^ccannot answer;It ^dcannot save him from his distress.⁸“^aRemember this, and be ¹assured;^bCause it to return to your heart, you ^ctransgressors.⁹“Remember the ^aformer things long past,For I am God, and there is ^bno other;I am God, and there is ^cno one like Me,¹⁰Declaring the end from the beginning,And from ancient times things which have not been done,Saying, ‘^aMy counsel will be established,And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’,¹¹Calling a ^abird of prey from the ^beast,The man of ¹My counsel from a far country.Truly I have ^cspoken; truly I will bring it to pass.I have formed it, surely I will do it.¹²“^aHear Me, you ^bstubborn of heart,Who are ^cfar from righteousness.¹³“I ^abring near My righteousness, it is not far off;And My salvation will not delay.And I will grant ^bsalvation in Zion,And My ^cglory for Israel.