Isaiah 46:3–10

3 “Listen to me, house of Jacob,

all the remnant of the house of Israel,

who have been sustained from the womb,

carried along since birth.

4 I will be the same until your old age,o

and I will bear you up when you turn gray.

I have made you, and I will carry you;

I will bear and rescue you.

5 “To whom will you compare me or make me equal?

Who will you measure me with,

so that we should be like each other?p

6 Those who pour out their bags of gold

and weigh out silver on scales—

they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god.

Then they kneel and bow down to it.q

7 They lift it to their shoulder and bear it along;r

they set it in its place, and there it stands;

it does not budge from its place.s

They cry out to it but it doesn’t answer;

it saves no one from his trouble.

8 “Remember this and be brave;A

take it to heart, you transgressors!

9 Remember what happened long ago,t

for I am God, and there is no other;

I am God, and no one is like me.

10 I declare the end from the beginning,

and from long ago what is not yet done,

saying: my plan will take place,

and I will do all my will.u