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.
They stooped over
, they have bowed
down
together
; They could
not rescue
the burden
, But 1have themselves
agone
into captivity
.
" 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
;
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.
" aTo whom would you liken
Me And make
Me equal
and compare
Me, That we would be alike
?
"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.
"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
.
" aRemember this
, and be 1assured
; bRecall
it to 2mind
, you ctransgressors
.
"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,
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
';
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.
" aListen to Me, you bstubborn-minded
, Who are cfar
from righteousness
.
"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
.