Isaías 46

Dead Idols and the Living God

1 Bel *Is. 21:9; Jer. 50:2bows down, Nebo stoops;

Their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle.

Your carriages were heavily loaded,

*Jer. 10:5A burden to the weary beast.

2 They stoop, they bow down together;

They could not deliver the burden,

*Judg. 18:17, 18, 24; 2 Sam. 5:21; Jer. 48:7; Hos. 10:5, 6But have themselves gone into captivity.

3 "Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,

And all the remnant of the house of Israel,

*Deut. 32:11; Ps. 71:6; Is. 63:9Who have been upheld byMe from birth,

Who have been carried from the womb:

4 Even to your old age, *Mal. 3:6I am He,

And even to gray hairs *Ps. 48:14I will carry you!

I have made, and I will bear;

Even I will carry, and will deliver you.

5 "To*Is. 40:18, 25 whom will you liken Me, and make Me equal

And compare Me, that we should be alike?

6 *Is. 40:19; 41:6; Jer. 10:4They lavish gold out of the bag,

And weigh silver on the scales;

They hire a *Is. 44:12goldsmith, and he makes it a god;

They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship.

7 *Is. 45:20; 46:1; Jer. 10:5They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it

And set it in its place, and it stands;

From its place it shall not move.

Though *Is. 45:20one cries out to it, yet it cannot answer

Nor save him out of his trouble.

8 "Remember this, and show yourselves men;

*Is. 44:19Recall to mind, O you transgressors.

9 *Deut. 32:7; Is. 42:9; 65:17Remember the former things of old,

For I am God, and *Is. 45:5, 21thereis no other;

Iam God, and thereis none like Me,

10 *Is. 45:21; 48:3Declaring the end from the beginning,

And from ancient times things that are not yet done,

Saying, *Ps. 33:11; Prov. 19:21; 21:30; Is. 14:24; 25:1; Acts 5:39; Heb. 6:17‘My counsel shall stand,

And I will do all My pleasure,’

11 Calling a bird of prey *Is. 41:2, 25from the east,

The man *Is. 44:28who executes My counsel, from a far country.

Indeed *Num. 23:19I have spoken it;

I will also bring it to pass.

I have purposed it;

I will also do it.

12 "Listen to Me, you *Ps. 76:5; Is. 48:4; Zech. 7:11, 12; Mal. 3:13stubborn-hearted,

*(Rom. 10:3)Who are far from righteousness:

13 *(Rom. 1:17)I bring My righteousness near, it shall not be far off;

My salvation *Hab. 2:3shall not linger.

And I will place *Is. 62:11; Joel 3:17; (1 Pet. 2:6)salvation in Zion,

For Israel My glory.