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1Bel bows down; Nebo stoops;[#Isa 45.20; Jer 50.2–4]
their idols are on beasts and cattle;
these things you carry are loaded
as burdens on weary animals.
2They stoop; they bow down together;[#Jer 43.12, 13]
they cannot save the burden
but themselves go into captivity.
3Listen to me, O house of Jacob,[#v 12 ; Isa 10.21, 22; 45.19; 63.9]
all the remnant of the house of Israel,
who have been borne by me from your birth,
carried from the womb;
4even to your old age I am he;[#Ps 71.18; Isa 43.13]
even when you turn gray I will carry you.
I have made, and I will bear;
I will carry and will save.
5To whom will you liken me and make me equal[#Isa 40.18, 25]
and compare me, as though we were alike?
6Those who lavish gold from the purse[#Isa 40.19; 44.15, 17]
and weigh out silver in the scales—
they hire a goldsmith, who makes it into a god;
then they fall down and worship!
7They lift it to their shoulders; they carry it;[#v 1 ; Isa 40.20; 41.26, 28; 44.17; 45.20]
they set it in its place, and it stands there;
it cannot move from its place.
If one cries out to it, it does not answer
or save anyone from trouble.
8Remember this and consider;[#Isa 44.19, 21; 48.8; #46.8 Meaning of Heb uncertain]
recall it to mind, you transgressors;
9remember the former things of old,[#Isa 41.26, 27; 45.5, 21]
for I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is no one like me,
10declaring the outcome from the beginning[#Isa 14.24; 45.21; Acts 5.39]
and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, “My purpose shall stand,
and I will fulfill my intention,”
11calling a bird of prey from the east,[#Isa 18.6; 37.26; 41.2, 25]
the man for my purpose from a far country.
I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
I have planned, and I will do it.
12Listen to me, you stubborn of heart,[#v 3 ; Isa 48.4; Jer 2.5]
you who are far from deliverance:
13I bring near my deliverance; it is not far off,[#Isa 43.7; 44.23; 61.11]
and my salvation will not tarry;
I will put salvation in Zion,
for Israel my glory.