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Isaiah 46 New King James Version (NKJV)

Dead Idols and the Living God

46 Bel ^(A)bows down, Nebo stoops;
Their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle.
Your carriages were heavily loaded,
^(B)A burden to the weary beast.
²They stoop, they bow down together;
They could not deliver the burden,
^(C)But have themselves gone into captivity.

³“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,
And all the remnant of the house of Israel,
^(D)Who have been upheld by Me from ^[a]birth,
Who have been carried from the womb:
⁴Even to your old age, ^(E)I am He,
And even to gray hairs ^(F)I will carry you!
I have made, and I will bear;
Even I will carry, and will deliver you.

⁵“To^(G) whom will you liken Me, and make Me equal
And compare Me, that we should be alike?
⁶^(H)They lavish gold out of the bag,
And weigh silver on the scales;
They hire a ^(I)goldsmith, and he makes it a god;
They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship.
⁷^(J)They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it
And set it in its place, and it stands;
From its place it shall not move.
Though ^(K)one cries out to it, yet it cannot answer
Nor save him out of his trouble.

⁸“Remember this, and ^[b]show yourselves men;
^(L)Recall to mind, O you transgressors.
⁹^(M)Remember the former things of old,
For I am God, and ^(N)there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like Me,
¹⁰^(O)Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things that are not yet done,
Saying, ^(P)‘My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure,’
¹¹Calling a bird of prey ^(Q)from the east,
The man ^(R)who executes My counsel, from a far country.
Indeed ^(S)I have spoken it;
I will also bring it to pass.
I have purposed it;
I will also do it.

¹²“Listen to Me, you ^(T)stubborn-hearted,
^(U)Who are far from righteousness:
¹³^(V)I bring My righteousness near, it shall not be far off;
My salvation ^(W)shall not ^[c]linger.
And I will place ^(X)salvation in Zion,
For Israel My glory.

New King James Version (NKJV)