Isaiah 46 - The Scriptures 1998

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² They have stooped, they have bowed down together, they were unable to deliver the burden, but they themselves went into captivity.

³ “Listen to Me, O house of Yaʽ

⁴ even to your old age, I am He, and even to grey hairs I carry! I have made and I bear, and I carry and rescue.

⁵ “To whom do you liken Me, and compare Me and make Me similar, that we should be alike?

⁶ “They pour gold out of the bag, and weigh silver on the scale. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a mighty one. They fall down, they also bow themselves.

⁷ “They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it and set it in its place, and it stands – from its place it does not move. Though one cries out to it, it does not answer, nor save him from his distress.

⁸ “Remember this, and show yourselves men; turn it back, you transgressors.

⁹ “Remember the former events of old, for I am Ě

¹⁰ declaring the end from the beginning, and from of old that which has not yet been done, saying, ‘My counsel does stand, and all My delight I do,’

¹¹ calling a bird of prey from the east, the man who executes My counsel, from a distant land. Indeed I have spoken it, I also bring it to pass. I have planned it, I also do it.

¹² “Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted, who are far from righteousness:

¹³ “I shall bring My righteousness near, it is not far off, and My deliverance, it is not delayed. And I shall give deliverance in Tsiyon, My esteem to Yisra’ĕ