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Isaiah 46

Babylon's Idols and the True God

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 aBel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over; Their images are consigned to the beasts and the cattle. The things  1that you carry are burdensome, A load for the weary beast.

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They stooped over, they have bowed down together; They could not rescue the burden, But  1have themselves  agone into captivity.

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aListen to Me, O house of Jacob, And all  bthe remnant of the house of Israel, You who have been  cborne by Me from  1birth And have been carried from the womb;

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Even to your old age  aI  1will be the same, And even to your  2 bgraying years I will bear you! I have  3done it, and I will carry you; And I will bear you and I will deliver you.

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aTo whom would you liken Me And make Me equal and compare Me, That we would be alike?

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"Those who  alavish gold from the purse And weigh silver on the scale Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god; They  bbow down, indeed they worship it.

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"They  alift it upon the shoulder and carry it; They set it in its place and it stands there.  bIt does not move from its place. Though one may cry to it, it  ccannot answer; It  dcannot deliver him from his distress.

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aRemember this, and be  1assured;  bRecall it to  2mind, you  ctransgressors.

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"Remember the  aformer things long past, For I am God, and there is  bno other; I am God, and there is  cno one like Me,

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Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things which have not been done, Saying, ` aMy purpose will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure';

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Calling a  abird of prey from the  beast, The man of  1My purpose from a far country. Truly I have  cspoken; truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, surely I will do it.

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aListen to Me, you  bstubborn-minded, Who are  cfar from righteousness.

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"I  abring near My righteousness, it is not far off; And My salvation will not delay. And I will grant  bsalvation in Zion, And My  cglory for Israel.



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