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          DASV: Isaiah 46    

1 Bel bows down,
     Nebo stoops;
           their idols are carried on beasts and cattle.
      The images you carry around are
          a burden to the weary animals.
2 They stoop,
          they bow down together.
     They could not save these burdens,
          but they themselves are taken into captivity.
3 "Listen to me, O house of Jacob,
     and all the remnant of the house of Israel,
     you who have been born by me since birth,
     I have supported you from your conception.
4 Even to your old age, I am he;
          even when your hair turns grey I will carry you.
      I have made you,
          and I will support you;
           I will carry you,
          and will deliver you.

5 To whom will you compare me or make my equal?
     Who do you think is like me?
6 Those who pour gold out of the bag,
          and weigh silver on the balance scales.
      They hire a goldsmith,
          and he makes it into a god.
      Then they fall down,
          and worship it.
7 They haul it on their shoulders;
          they carry it.
      They set it in its place,
          and there it stays;
          it does not move from its place.
      If someone cries out to it,
          it cannot answer,
          nor is it able to save anyone out of their trouble.

8 Remember this and be assured;
      bring it again to mind, O rebels.
9 Remember the former things of old;
     for I am God, and there is no other;
      I am God, and there is no one like me.
10 I declare the end from the beginning,
     and from ancient times things that have not yet happened;
     saying, "My purpose will stand,
     and I will fulfill what I have planned."
11 I call a bird of prey from the east,
          a person to carry out my plan from a far country.
      Yes, I have spoken,
     I will also bring it to pass.
      I have planned it;
     I will also accomplish it.
12 Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted,
     you who are far from righteousness.
13 I bring near my righteousness,
          it is not far off.
      My salvation will not delay.
      I will put salvation in Zion,
           for Israel my glory.

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