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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Bel bows down, Nebo stoops low; their idols are borne by beasts of burden. The images that are carried about are burdensome, a burden for the weary. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2They stoop and bow down together; unable to rescue the burden, they themselves go off into captivity. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3"Listen to me, you descendants of Jacob, all the remnant of the people of Israel, you whom I have upheld since your birth, and have carried since you were born. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5"With whom will you compare me or count me equal? To whom will you liken me that we may be compared? |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales; they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god, and they bow down and worship it. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7They lift it to their shoulders and carry it; they set it up in its place, and there it stands. From that spot it cannot move. Even though someone cries out to it, it cannot answer; it cannot save them from their troubles. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8"Remember this, keep it in mind, take it to heart, you rebels. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, 'My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.' |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11From the east I summon a bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose. What I have said, that I will bring about; what I have planned, that I will do. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted, you who are now far from my righteousness. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13I am bringing my righteousness near, it is not far away; and my salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion, my splendor to Israel. |
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