Isaiah 46:2 - Prayer Tents

Babylon’s Idols and the True God

46BEL BOWS down, Nebo stoops [gods of Babylon, whose idols are being carried off]; their idols are on the beasts [of burden] and on the cattle. These things that you carry about are loaded as burdens on the weary beasts.H1078H3766H5015H7164H6091H2416H929H5385H6006H4853H58892[The gods] stoop, they bow down together; they cannot save [their own idols], but are themselves going into captivity.H7164H3766H3162H3201H4422H4853H5315H1980H76283Listen to Me [says the Lord], O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, you who have been borne by Me from your birth, carried from the womb:H8085H1004H3290H7611H1004H3478H6006H990H5375H73564Even to your old age I am He, and even to hair white with age will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry and will save you.H2209H7872H5445H6213H5375H5445H44225To whom will you liken Me and make Me equal and compare Me, that we may be alike?H1819H7737H4911H18196They lavish gold out of the cup {or} bag, weigh out silver on the scales, and hire a goldsmith, and he fashions it into a god; [then] they fall down, yes, they worship it!H2107H2091H3599H8254H3701H7070H7936H6884H6213H410H5456H78127They bear it upon their shoulders [in religious processions or into battle]; they carry it and set it down in its place, and there it stands. It cannot move from its place. Even if one cries to it for help, yet [the idol] cannot answer or save him out of his distress.H5375H3802H5445H3240H5975H4725H4185H6817H6030H3467H68698[Earnestly] remember this, be ashamed {and} own yourselves guilty; bring it again to mind {and} lay it to heart, O you rebels!H2142H377H7725H3820H65869[Earnestly] remember the former things, [which I did] of old; for I am God, and there is no one else; I am God, and there is none like Me,H2142H7223H5769H410H430H657H364410Declaring the end {and} the result from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure {and} purpose,H5046H319H7225H6924H6213H559H6098H6965H6213H265611Calling a ravenous bird from the east--the man [Cyrus] who executes My counsel from a far country. Yes, I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed it, and I will do it.H7121H5861H4217H376H6098H4801H776H1696H935H3335H621312Listen to Me, you stiff-hearted {and} you who have lost heart, you who are far from righteousness (from uprightness and right standing with God, and from His righteous deliverance).H8085H47H3820H7350H666613I bring near My righteousness [in the deliverance of Israel], it will not be far off; and My salvation shall not tarry. And I will put salvation in Zion, for Israel My glory [yes, give salvation in Zion and My glory to Israel].H7126H6666H7368H8668H309H5414H8668H6726H3478H8597