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.

2  They stoop, they bow down together;

They could not deliver the burden,

eBut †themselves are gone into captivity.

3  Hearken 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:

4  And 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.

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

And compare me, that we may be like?

6  mThey 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.

7  oThey 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.

8  Remember this, and rshew yourselves men:

sBring it again to mind, O ye ttransgressors.

9  uRemember the former things of old:

vFor I am God, and there is none else;

I am God, and there is none like me,

10  wDeclaring 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:

11  Calling 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.

12  Hearken unto me, cye stouthearted,

That are far from righteousness:

13  dI 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.