| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over; Their images are consigned to the beasts and the cattle. The things that you carry are burdensome, A load for the weary beast. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2They stooped over, they have bowed down together; They could not rescue the burden, But have themselves gone into captivity. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3"Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, You who have been borne by Me from birth And have been carried from the womb; |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Even to your old age I will be the same, And even to your graying years I will bear you! I have done it, and I will carry you; And I will bear you and I will deliver you. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5"To whom would you liken Me And make Me equal and compare Me, That we would be alike? |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6"Those who lavish gold from the purse And weigh silver on the scale Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god; They bow down, indeed they worship it. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7"They lift it upon the shoulder and carry it; They set it in its place and it stands there. It does not move from its place. Though one may cry to it, it cannot answer; It cannot deliver him from his distress. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8"Remember this, and be assured; Recall it to mind, you transgressors. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9"Remember the former things long past, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me, |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things which have not been done, Saying, 'My purpose will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure'; |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Calling a bird of prey from the east, The man of My purpose from a far country. Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, surely I will do it. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12"Listen to Me, you stubborn-minded, Who are far from righteousness. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13"I bring near My righteousness, it is not far off; And My salvation will not delay. And I will grant salvation in Zion, And My glory for Israel. |
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