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Isaiah 46
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This Is Serious Business, Rebels

46The god Bel falls down, god Nebo slumps. The no-god hunks of wood are loaded on mules And have to be hauled off, wearing out the poor mules—H1078H3766H5015H7164H6091H2416H929H5385H6006H4853H5889 2Dead weight, burdens who can't bear burdens, hauled off to captivity.H7164H3766H3162H3201H4422H4853H5315H1980H7628 3"Listen to me, family of Jacob, everyone that's left of the family of Israel. I've been carrying you on my back from the day you were born,H8085H1004H3290H7611H1004H3478H6006H990H5375H7356 4And I'll keep on carrying you when you're old. I'll be there, bearing you when you're old and gray. I've done it and will keep on doing it, carrying you on my back, saving you.H2209H7872H5445H6213H5375H5445H4422 5"So to whom will you compare me, the Incomparable? Can you picture me without reducing me?H1819H7737H4911H1819 6People with a lot of money hire craftsmen to make them gods. The artisan delivers the god, and they kneel and worship it!H2107H2091H3599H8254H3701H7070H7936H6884H6213H410H5456H7812 7They carry it around in holy parades, then take it home and put it on a shelf. And there it sits, day in and day out, a dependable god, always right where you put it. Say anything you want to it, it never talks back. Of course, it never does anything either!H5375H3802H5445H3240H5975H4725H4185H6817H6030H3467H6869 8"Think about this. Wrap your minds around it. This is serious business, rebels. Take it to heart.H2142H377H7725H3820H6586 9Remember your history, your long and rich history. I am GOD, the only God you've had or ever will have— incomparable, irreplaceable—H2142H7223H5769H410H430H657H3644 10From the very beginning telling you what the ending will be, All along letting you in on what is going to happen, Assuring you, 'I'm in this for the long haul, I'll do exactly what I set out to do,'H5046H319H7225H6924H6213H559H6098H6965H6213H2656 11Calling that eagle, Cyrus, out of the east, from a far country the man I chose to help me. I've said it, and I'll most certainly do it. I've planned it, so it's as good as done.H7121H5861H4217H376H6098H4801H776H1696H935H3335H6213 12"Now listen to me: You're a hardheaded bunch and hard to help.H8085H47H3820H7350H6666 13I'm ready to help you right now. Deliverance is not a long-range plan. Salvation isn't on hold. I'm putting salvation to work in Zion now, and glory in Israel.H7126H6666H7368H8668H309H5414H8668H6726H3478H8597


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