46Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols are consigned to beasts and cattle. The [images] you carry are loaded, as a burden for the weary [animal].H1078H3766H5015H7164H6091H2416H929H5385H6006H4853H58892The gods cower; they crouch together; they are not able to rescue the burden, but they themselves go into captivity.H7164H3766H3162H3201H4422H4853H5315H1980H76283"Listen to Me, house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.H8085H1004H3290H7611H1004H3478H6006H990H5375H73564I will be the same until [your] old age, and I will bear [you] up when you turn gray. I have made [you], and I will carry [you]; I will bear and save [you].H2209H7872H5445H6213H5375H5445H44225"Who will you compare Me or make Me equal to? Who will you measure Me with, so that we should be like each other?H1819H7737H4911H18196Those who pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on a scales— they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god. Then they kneel and bow down to it.H2107H2091H3599H8254H3701H7070H7936H6884H6213H410H5456H78127They lift it to their shoulder and bear it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands; it does not budge from its place. They cry out to it but it doesn't answer; it saves no one from his trouble.H5375H3802H5445H3240H5975H4725H4185H6817H6030H3467H68698"Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors!H2142H377H7725H3820H65869Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; [I am] God, and no one is like Me.H2142H7223H5769H410H430H657H364410I declare the end from the beginning, and from long ago what is not yet done, saying: My plan will take place, and I will do all My will.H5046H319H7225H6924H6213H559H6098H6965H6213H265611I call a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far country. Yes, I have spoken; so I will also bring it about. I have planned it; I will also do it.H7121H5861H4217H376H6098H4801H776H1696H935H3335H621312Listen to me, you hardhearted, far removed from justice:H8085H47H3820H7350H666613I am bringing My justice near; it is not far away, and My salvation will not delay. I will put salvation in Zion, My splendor in Israel.H7126H6666H7368H8668H309H5414H8668H6726H3478H8597
