Babylon’s Idols
Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Isa 21:9Jer 51:44Jer 50:21Sa 5:3Exo 12:12Isa 2:20Isa 41:6-7Jer 10:5
Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle.
The images you carry are burdensome,
a load to the weary animal.
The gods cower; they crouch together, Jer 48:7Jdg 18:17-182Sa 5:21Jdg 18:24Jer 43:12-13Hos 10:5-6Isa 36:18-19Isa 37:12
unable to relieve the burden;
but they themselves go into captivity.
“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, Deu 1:31Isa 51:7Isa 51:1Psa 71:6Deu 32:11-12Exo 19:4Isa 1:9Isa 10:22
all the remnant of the house of Israel,
who have been sustained from the womb,
carried along since birth.
Even to your old age, I will be the same, Psa 71:18Psa 48:14Heb 13:8Psa 92:14Jas 1:17Psa 102:26-27Heb 1:12Rom 11:29
and I will bear you up when you turn gray.
I have made you, and I will carry you;
I will sustain you and deliver you.
To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? Isa 40:18Isa 40:25Psa 89:6Col 1:15Exo 15:11Jer 10:16Jer 10:6-7Php 2:6
To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?
They pour out their bags of gold Act 17:29Isa 40:19-20Jer 10:141Ki 12:28Dan 3:5-15Exo 32:2-4Hab 2:18-20Hos 8:4-6
and weigh out silver on scales;
they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god,
so they can bow down and worship.
They lift it to their shoulder Isa 45:20Jer 10:51Sa 5:3Isa 46:11Ki 18:261Ki 18:40Dan 3:1Jdg 10:12-14
and carry it along;
they set it in its place, and there it stands,
not budging from that spot.
They cry out to it, but it does not answer;
it saves no one from his troubles.
Remember this and be brave; 1Co 14:20Deu 32:29Ezk 18:28Hag 1:5Hag 1:7Isa 44:18-21Isa 47:7Luk 15:17
take it to heart, you transgressors!
Remember what happened long ago, Isa 45:21-22Isa 42:9Isa 46:5Psa 111:4Deu 33:26Deu 32:7Isa 45:18Isa 65:17
for I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like Me.
I declare the end from the beginning, Pro 19:21Psa 33:11Eph 1:9-11Isa 43:13Isa 45:21Pro 21:30Psa 135:6Isa 44:7
and ancient times from what is still to come.
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,
and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
I summon a bird of prey from the east, Num 23:19Isa 14:24-27Job 23:13Eph 1:11Isa 41:2Act 5:39Ezr 1:2Isa 38:15
a man for My purpose from a far-off land.
Truly I have spoken,
and truly I will bring it to pass.
I have planned it,
and I will surely do it.
Listen to Me, you stubborn people, Jer 2:5Eph 2:13Isa 46:3Isa 28:23Isa 48:4Pro 1:22-23Pro 8:1-5Psa 119:150
far removed from righteousness:
I am bringing My righteousness near; Isa 12:2Isa 62:11Isa 51:5Isa 61:3Isa 43:7Isa 44:231Pe 2:62Th 1:10
it is not far away, and My salvation will not be delayed.
I will grant salvation to Zion
and adorn Israel with My splendor.