Isaiah, Chapter 46

1. Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your loads {were} heavy; {they were} a burden to the weary {beast}.    2. They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves have gone into captivity.    3. Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne {by me} from the birth, which are carried from the womb:    4. And {even} to {your} old age I {am} he; and {even} to hoary hairs will I carry {you}: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver {you}.    5. To whom will ye liken me, and make {me} equal, and compare me, that we may be like?    6. They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, {and} hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yes, they worship.    7. They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yes, {one} shall cry to him, yet he cannot answer, nor save him out of his trouble.    8. Remember this, and show yourselves men: bring {it} again to mind, O ye transgressors.    9. Remember the former things of old: for I {am} God, and {there is} none else; I {am} God, and {there is} none like me,    10. Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times {the things} that are not {yet} done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:    11. Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yes, I have spoken {it}, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed {it}, I will also perform it.    12. Hearken to me, ye stout-hearted, that {are} far from righteousness:    13. I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not delay: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.