Isaiah 46

Isa. 46:1	Bel has bowed down; Nebo stoops; / Their idols are on beasts and cattle; / The things which you carry are a burden, / A load for a weary [beast.]
Isa. 46:2	They stoop and have bowed down together; / They are not able to escape the burden; / But they themselves have gone into captivity.
Isa. 46:3	Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, / And all the remnant of the house of Israel, / [You] who have been borne from birth, / Who have been carried from the womb,
Isa. 46:4	Even unto old age, I am He; / Even unto [your] gray-haired [years,] I will bear [you.] / I have made and I will carry, / And I will bear and deliver.
Isa. 46:5	To whom will you liken Me, / And [with whom] will you make [Me] equal / And compare Me, that we should be [considered] alike?
Isa. 46:6	Those who lavish gold from the purse / And weigh silver in scales / And hire a goldsmith, and he makes a god-- / They bow down [and] even worship [it;]
Isa. 46:7	They lift it up on their shoulder; they carry it / And set it in its place, and it stands. / It will not move from its place; / [Someone] even cries out to it, and it does not answer, / Nor save [him] from his distress.
Isa. 46:8	Remember this and stand fast; / Put this in your heart, O transgressors.
Isa. 46:9	Remember the former things of old, / That I am God and there is no one else; / I am God and there is no one like Me,
Isa. 46:10	Who declares the end from the beginning / And things which have not been done from ancient times, / Saying, My counsel will stand, / And all My desire I will accomplish;
Isa. 46:11	Who calls [for] a bird of prey from the east, / And from a distant land a man [to be] My counselor. / Indeed, I have spoken; surely I will bring it to pass. / I have purposed; surely I will do it.
Isa. 46:12	Listen to Me, O hardhearted ones, / [Who are] far from righteousness.
Isa. 46:13	I will bring My righteousness near--it is not far off; / And My salvation will not delay; / And I will give salvation in Zion, / [And] to Israel My glory.