Isaiah 46

Gods of Babylon

1 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops low; their idols are borne by beasts of burden.[a]The images that are carried about are burdensome, a burden for the weary.
2 They stoop and bow down together; unable to rescue the burden, they themselves go off into captivity.
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 Even 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 “With whom will you compare me or count me equal? To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?
6 Some 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 They 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 “Remember this, keep it in mind, take it to heart, you rebels.
9 Remember 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 I 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 From 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 Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted, you who are now far from my righteousness.
13 I 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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Cross References 39

  • 1. S Isaiah 21:9; Jeremiah 50:2; Jeremiah 51:44
  • 2. S 1 Samuel 5:2
  • 3. ver 7; S Isaiah 45:20
  • 4. S Judges 18:17-18; S 2 Samuel 5:21; Jeremiah 51:47
  • 5. ver 12; Isaiah 48:12; Isaiah 51:1
  • 6. S Isaiah 1:9
  • 7. S Psalms 139:13; Isaiah 44:2
  • 8. S Deuteronomy 1:31; S Psalms 28:9
  • 9. S Psalms 22:10
  • 10. Psalms 71:18
  • 11. S Deuteronomy 32:39; S Isaiah 43:13
  • 12. S Psalms 18:35; S Psalms 119:117
  • 13. S Exodus 15:11; Job 41:10; Isaiah 40:18,25; Jeremiah 49:19
  • 14. S Isaiah 40:19
  • 15. S Exodus 20:5; Isaiah 44:17; Hosea 13:2
  • 16. S ver 1
  • 17. S 1 Samuel 5:3; S Isaiah 41:7
  • 18. S 1 Kings 18:26
  • 19. S Isaiah 44:17; S Isaiah 47:13; Isaiah 45:20
  • 20. S Isaiah 44:21
  • 21. S Isaiah 1:2
  • 22. S Isaiah 41:22
  • 23. S Deuteronomy 32:7
  • 24. S Exodus 8:10; S Isaiah 45:5,21; Mark 12:32
  • 25. S Isaiah 41:4
  • 26. S Isaiah 45:21
  • 27. S Isaiah 41:22
  • 28. S Proverbs 19:21; S Isaiah 7:7,9; S Isaiah 44:26; Acts 5:39; Ephesians 1:11
  • 29. S Judges 4:10; S Ezra 1:2
  • 30. S Isaiah 8:8
  • 31. S Isaiah 25:1
  • 32. S Genesis 41:25; Jeremiah 44:28
  • 33. S ver 3
  • 34. S Exodus 32:9; S Isaiah 9:9
  • 35. Psalms 119:150; Isaiah 48:1; Jeremiah 2:5
  • 36. S Isaiah 1:26; S Isaiah 45:8; Romans 3:21
  • 37. S Psalms 85:9
  • 38. S Psalms 74:2; Joel 2:32
  • 39. S Isaiah 44:23

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "are but beasts and cattle"

Isaiah 46 Commentaries

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