Isa 46 | NASB1995 | STEP | Bel has bowed down , Nebo stoops over ; Their images are consigned to the beasts and the cattle . The things that you carry are burdensome , A load for the weary beast .

Isaiah 46

Babylon’s Idols and the True God

1 ^aBel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over;
Their images are consigned to the beasts and the cattle.
The things ^{▼▼ Lit carried by you}that you carry are burdensome,
A load for the weary beast.
2 They stooped over, they have bowed down together;
They could not rescue the burden,
But ^{▼▼ Or their soul has}have themselves ^dgone into captivity.

3 ^e“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,
And all ^fthe remnant of the house of Israel,
You who have been ^gborne by Me from ^{▼▼ Lit the belly}birth
And have been carried from the womb;
4 Even to your old age ⁱI ^{▼▼ Lit I am He}will be the same,
And even to your ^{▼▼ Lit gray hairs
,} ^lgraying years I will bear you!
I have ^{▼▼ Or made you}done it, and I will carry you;
And I will bear you and I will deliver you.

5 ⁿ“To whom would you liken Me
And make Me equal and compare Me,
That we would be alike?
6 “Those who ^olavish gold from the purse
And weigh silver on the scale
Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
They ^pbow down, indeed they worship it.
7 “They ^qlift it upon the shoulder and carry it;
They set it in its place and it stands there.
^rIt does not move from its place.
Though one may cry to it, it ^scannot answer;
It ^tcannot deliver him from his distress.

8 ^u“Remember this, and be ^{▼▼ Lit firm}assured;
^wRecall it to ^{▼▼ Lit heart}mind, you ^ytransgressors.
9 “Remember the ^zformer things long past,
For I am God, and there is ^aano other;
I am God, and there is ^abno one like Me,
10 Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things which have not been done,
Saying, ‘ ^acMy purpose will be established,
And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’;
11 Calling a ^adbird of prey from the ^aeeast,
The man of ^{▼▼ Lit His}My purpose from a far country.
Truly I have ^agspoken; truly I will bring it to pass.
I have planned it, surely I will do it.

12 ^ah“Listen to Me, you ^aistubborn-minded,
Who are ^ajfar from righteousness.
13 “I ^akbring near My righteousness, it is not far off;
And My salvation will not delay.
And I will grant ^alsalvation in Zion,
And My ^amglory for Israel.