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46:1 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops, their idols are on beasts and cattle;these things you carry are loaded as burdens on weary beasts. 46:2 They stoop, they bow down together, they cannot save the burden, but themselves go into captivity. 46:3 'Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from your birth, carried from the womb; 46:4 even to your old age I am He, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear;I will carry and will save. 46:5 'To whom will you liken me and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike? 46:6 Those who lavish gold from the purse, and weigh out silver in the scales, hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;then they fall down and worship! 46:7 They lift it upon their shoulders, they carry it, they set it in its place, and it stands there;it cannot move from its place. If one cries to it, it does not answer or save him from his trouble. 46:8 'Remember this and consider, recall it to mind, you transgressors, 46:9 remember the former things of old;for I am God, and there is no other;I am God, and there is none like me, 46:10 declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,' 46:11 calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;I have purposed, and I will do it. 46:12 'Hearken to me, you stubborn of heart, you who are far from deliverance: 46:13 I bring near my deliverance, it is not far off, and my salvation will not tarry;I will put salvation in Zion, for Israel my glory.'