Bel bows down. Isa 21:9Jer 51:44Jer 50:21Sa 5:3Exo 12:12Isa 2:20Isa 41:6-7Jer 10:5
Nebo stoops.
Their idols are carried by animals,
and on the livestock.
The things that you carried around are heavy loads,
a burden for the weary.
They stoop and they bow down together. Jer 48:7Jdg 18:17-182Sa 5:21Jdg 18:24Jer 43:12-13Hos 10:5-6Isa 36:18-19Isa 37:12
They could not deliver the burden,
but they have gone into captivity.
“Listen to me, house of Jacob, Deu 1:31Isa 51:7Isa 51:1Psa 71:6Deu 32:11-12Exo 19:4Isa 1:9Isa 10:22
and all the remnant of the house of Israel,
that have been carried from their birth,
that have been carried from the womb.
Even to old age I am he, Psa 71:18Psa 48:14Heb 13:8Psa 92:14Jas 1:17Psa 102:26-27Heb 1:12Rom 11:29
and even to gray hairs I will carry you.
I have made, and I will bear.
Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.
“To whom will you compare me, and consider my equal, Isa 40:18Isa 40:25Psa 89:6Col 1:15Exo 15:11Jer 10:16Jer 10:6-7Php 2:6
and compare me, as if we were the same?
Some pour out gold from the bag, Act 17:29Isa 40:19-20Jer 10:141Ki 12:28Dan 3:5-15Exo 32:2-4Hab 2:18-20Hos 8:4-6
and weigh silver in the balance.
They hire a goldsmith,
and he makes it a god.
They fall down—
yes, they worship.
They bear it on their shoulder. Isa 45:20Jer 10:51Sa 5:3Isa 46:11Ki 18:261Ki 18:40Dan 3:1Jdg 10:12-14
They carry it, and set it in its place, and it stands there.
It cannot move from its place.
Yes, one may cry to it, yet it can not answer.
It cannot save him out of his trouble.
“Remember this, and show yourselves men. 1Co 14:20Deu 32:29Ezk 18:28Hag 1:5Hag 1:7Isa 44:18-21Isa 47:7Luk 15:17
Bring it to mind again, you transgressors.
Remember the former things of old; 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 from ancient times things that are not yet done.
I say: My counsel will stand,
and I will do all that I please.
I call a ravenous bird from the east, Num 23:19Isa 14:24-27Job 23:13Eph 1:11Isa 41:2Act 5:39Ezr 1:2Isa 38:15
the man of my counsel from a far country.
Yes, I have spoken.
I will also bring it to pass.
I have planned.
I will also do it.
Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted, Jer 2:5Eph 2:13Isa 46:3Isa 28:23Isa 48:4Pro 1:22-23Pro 8:1-5Psa 119:150
who are far from righteousness!
I bring my righteousness near. Isa 12:2Isa 62:11Isa 51:5Isa 61:3Isa 43:7Isa 44:231Pe 2:62Th 1:10
It is not far off,
and my salvation will not wait.
I will grant salvation to Zion,
my glory to Israel.