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The Idols of Babylon and the One True God
Bel bows down; Nebo stoops;
their idols are on beasts and livestock;
these things you carry are borne
as burdens on weary beasts.
Bel bows down; Nebo stoops;
their idols are on beasts and livestock;
these things you carry are borne
as burdens on weary beasts.
They stoop; they bow down together;
they cannot save the burden,
but themselves go into captivity.
they cannot save the burden,
but themselves go into captivity.
They stoop and bow down together;
unable to rescue the burden,
they themselves go off into captivity.
unable to rescue the burden,
they themselves go off into captivity.
“Listen to me, O house of Jacob,
all the remnant of the house of Israel,
who have been borne by me from before your birth,
carried from the womb;
all the remnant of the house of Israel,
who have been borne by me from before your birth,
carried from the womb;
“Listen to me, you descendants of Jacob,
all the remnant of the people of Israel,
you whom I have upheld since your birth,
and have carried since you were born.
all the remnant of the people of Israel,
you whom I have upheld since your birth,
and have carried since you were born.
even to your old age I am he,
and to gray hairs I will carry you.
I have made, and I will bear;
I will carry and will save.
and to gray hairs I will carry you.
I have made, and I will bear;
I will carry and will save.
Even to your old age and gray hairs
I am he, I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
I will sustain you and I will rescue you.
I am he, I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
I will sustain you and I will rescue you.
“To whom will you liken me and make me equal,
and compare me, that we may be alike?
and compare me, that we may be alike?
“With whom will you compare me or count me equal?
To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?
To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?
Those who lavish gold from the purse,
and weigh out silver in the scales,
hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
then they fall down and worship!
and weigh out silver in the scales,
hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
then they fall down and worship!
Some pour out gold from their bags
and weigh out silver on the scales;
they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god,
and they bow down and worship it.
and weigh out silver on the scales;
they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god,
and they bow down and worship it.
They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it,
they set it in its place, and it stands there;
it cannot move from its place.
If one cries to it, it does not answer
or save him from his trouble.
they set it in its place, and it stands there;
it cannot move from its place.
If one cries to it, it does not answer
or save him from his trouble.
They lift it to their shoulders and carry it;
they set it up in its place, and there it stands.
From that spot it cannot move.
Even though someone cries out to it, it cannot answer;
it cannot save them from their troubles.
they set it up in its place, and there it stands.
From that spot it cannot move.
Even though someone cries out to it, it cannot answer;
it cannot save them from their troubles.
“Remember this and stand firm,
recall it to mind, you transgressors,
recall it to mind, you transgressors,
“Remember this, keep it in mind,
take it to heart, you rebels.
take it to heart, you rebels.
remember the former things of old;
for I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like me,
for I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like me,
Remember the former things, those of long ago;
I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like me.
I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like me.
declaring the end from the beginning
and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,
and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,
and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
I make known the end from the beginning,
from ancient times, what is still to come.
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,
and I will do all that I please.’
from ancient times, what is still to come.
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,
and I will do all that I please.’
calling a bird of prey from the east,
the man of my counsel from a far country.
I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
I have purposed, and I will do it.
the man of my counsel from a far country.
I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
I have purposed, and I will do it.
From the east I summon a bird of prey;
from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
what I have planned, that I will do.
from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
what I have planned, that I will do.
“Listen to me, you stubborn of heart,
you who are far from righteousness:
you who are far from righteousness:
Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted,
you who are now far from my righteousness.
you who are now far from my righteousness.