Isaiah 46

There is No One Like God

46Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. ^h

Their idols are consigned to beasts and cattle.

The images you carry are loaded,

as a burden for the weary animal.

²The gods cower; they crouch together;

they are not able to rescue the burden,

but they themselves go into captivity. ⁱ

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.

⁴I will be the same until your old age, ^j

and I will bear you up when you turn gray.

I have made you, and I will carry you;

I will bear and save you.

⁵“Who will you compare Me or make Me equal to?

Who will you measure Me with,

so that we should be like each other? ^k

⁶Those 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. ^l

⁷They lift it to their shoulder and bear it along; ^m

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

it does not budge from its place. ⁿ

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

it saves no one from his trouble.

⁸“Remember this and be brave; ^o

take it to heart, you transgressors!

⁹Remember what happened long ago, ^p

for I am God, and there is no other;

I am God, and no one is like Me.

¹⁰I 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. ^q

¹¹I call a bird of prey ^rfrom the east, ^s

a man for My purpose from a far country.

Yes, I have spoken; so I will also bring it about. ^t

I have planned it; I will also do it.

¹²Listen to me, you hardhearted,

far removed from justice:

¹³I am bringing My justice near; ^u

it is not far away,

and My salvation will not delay.

I will put salvation in Zion,

My splendor in Israel.