King James VersionIsaiah46

Isaiah

1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cat­tle: your car­riages were heavy load­en; they are a bur­den to the weary beast. 2 They stoop, they bow down to­geth­er; they could not de­liv­er the bur­den, but them­selves are gone into cap­tiv­i­ty. 3 Hear­ken unto me, O house of Ja­cob, and all the rem­nant of the house of Is­rael, which are borne ­by me from the bel­ly, which are car­ried from the womb: 4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I car­ry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will car­ry, and will de­liv­er you. 5 To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and com­pare me, that we may be like? 6 They lav­ish gold out of the bag, and weigh sil­ver in the bal­ance, and hire a gold­smith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they wor­ship. 7 They bear him upon the shoul­der, they car­ry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not re­move: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not an­swer, nor save him out of his trou­ble. 8 Re­mem­ber this, and shew your­selves men: bring it again to mind, O ye trans­gres­sors. 9 Re­mem­ber the for­mer things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, 10 Declar­ing the end from the be­gin­ning, and from an­cient times the things that are not yet done, say­ing, My coun­sel shall stand, and I will do all my plea­sure: 11 Call­ing a ravenous bird from the east, the man that ex­e­cuteth my coun­sel from a far coun­try: yea, I have spo­ken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have pur­posed it, I will also do it. 12 Hear­ken unto me, ye stout­heart­ed, that are far from righ­teous­ness: 13 I bring near my righ­teous­ness; it shall not be far off, and my sal­va­tion shall not tar­ry: and I will place sal­va­tion in Zion for Is­rael my glo­ry.