46:1 Bel has fallen, Nabo is broken to
pieces, their graven images are gone to the wild beasts and the cattle: ye
take them packed up as a burden to the weary, exhausted, hungry, and [at the
same time] helpless man;
46:2 who will not be able to save themselves from war, but they themselves
are led [away] captive.
46:3 Hear me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of Israel, who are borne
[by me] from the womb, and taught [by me] from infancy, [even] to old age:
46:4 I am [he]; and until ye shall have grown old, I am [he]: I bear you, I
have made, and I will relieve, I will take up and save you.
46:5 To whom have ye compared me? see, consider, ye that go astray.
46:6 They that furnish gold out of a purse, and silver by weight, will weigh
it in a scale, and they hire a goldsmith and make idols, and bow down, and
worship them.
46:7 They bear it upon the shoulder, and go; and if they put it upon its
place, it remains, it cannot move: and whosoever shall cry to it, it cannot
hear; it cannot save him from trouble.
46:8 Remember ye these things, and groan: repent, ye that have gone astray,
return in your heart;
46:9 and remember the former things [that were] of old: for I am God, and
here is none other beside me,
46:10 telling beforehand the latter events before they come to pass, and
they are accomplished together: and I said, all my counsel shall stand, and
I will do all things that I have planned:
46:11 calling a bird from the east, and from a land afar off, for the things
which I have planned: I have spoken, and brought [him]; I have created and
made [him]; I have brought him, and prospered his way.
46:12 Hearken to me, ye senseless ones, that are far from righteousness:
46:13 I have brought near my righteousness, and I will not be slow with the
salvation that is from me: I have given salvation in Sion to Israel for
glory. |
46:1 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.
46:2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden,
but themselves are gone into captivity.
46:3 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:
46:4 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.
46:5 To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we
may be like?
46:6 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.
46:7 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.
46:8 Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye
transgressors.
46:9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none
else; I am God, and there is none like me,
46:10 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:
46:11 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.
46:12 Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
46:13 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. |