RWebster - Isaiah - 46

46:1  Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavily loaded; they were a burden to the weary beast .

46:2  They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves have gone into captivity.

46:3  Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, who are borne by me from birth, who are carried from the womb:

46:4  And even to your old age I am he; and even to gray hairs will I carry you : I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you .

46:5  To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

46:6  They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.

46:7  They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not move: yea, one shall cry to him, yet he cannot answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

46:8  Remember this, and show yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.

46:9  Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,

46:10  Declaring the end 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:

46:11  Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also perform it.

46:12  Hearken to me, ye stubborn in heart, that are far from righteousness:

46:13  I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not delay: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.