Isaiah 46

^aBel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth,

Their ^bidols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle:

Your ^cocarriages were heavy loaden;

They are a burden to the ^dweary beast.

²They stoop, they bow down together;

They could not deliver the burden,

^eBut themselves are gone into captivity.

³Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob,

And ^fall the remnant of the house of Israel,

Which are borne by me ^gfrom the belly,

^hWhich are carried ^gfrom the womb:

⁴And even to your ⁱold age ^kI am he;

And even ⁱto hoar hairs will I carry you:

I have made, and I will ^hbear;

Even I will carry, and will deliver you.

^5lTo whom will ye liken me, and make me equal,

And compare me, that we may be like?

^6mThey lavish gold out of the bag,

And weigh silver in the balance,

And hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god:

ⁿThey fall down, yea, they worship.

^7oThey bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him,

And ^pset him in his place, and he standeth;

From his place shall he not remove:

Yea, one shall cry unto him, ^qyet can he not answer,

Nor save him out of his trouble.

⁸Remember this, and ^rshew yourselves men:

^sBring it again to mind, O ye ^ttransgressors.

^9uRemember the former things of old:

^vFor I am God, and there is none else;

I am God, and there is none like me,

^10wDeclaring the end from the beginning,

And from ancient times the things that are not yet done,

Saying, ^xMy counsel shall stand,

And I will do ^yall my pleasure:

¹¹Calling ^za ravenous bird ^afrom the east,

The man ^ythat executeth my counsel from a far country:

Yea, ^bI have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass;

I have purposed it, I will also do it.

¹²Hearken unto me, ^cye stouthearted,

That are far from righteousness:

^13dI bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off,

And my salvation ^eshall not tarry:

And I will place ^fsalvation in Zion for Israel my glory.

XLVII.