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Isaiah 46 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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CHAPTER 46
Dead Idols and the Living God
The Power of the LORD and the Weakness of Idols
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1 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops;
​​Their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle.
​​Your carriages were heavily loaded,
​​A burden to the weary beast.
2 ​​They stoop, they bow down together;
​​They could not deliver the burden,
​​But have themselves gone into captivity.
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3 ​​“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,
​​And all the remnant of the house of Israel,
​​Who have been upheld by Me from birth,
​​Who have been carried from the womb:
4 ​​Even to your old age, I am He,
​​And even to gray hairs I will carry you!
​​I have made, and I will bear;
​​Even I will carry, and will deliver you.
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5 ​​“To whom will you liken Me, and make Me equal
​​And compare Me, that we should be alike?
6 ​​They lavish gold out of the bag,
​​And weigh silver on the scales;
​​They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god;
​​They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship.
7 ​​They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it
​​And set it in its place, and it stands;
​​From its place it shall not move.
​​Though one cries out to it, yet it cannot answer
​​Nor save him out of his trouble.
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8 ​​“Remember this, and show yourselves men;
​​Recall to mind, O you transgressors.
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,
10 ​​Declaring the end from the beginning,
​​And from ancient times things that are not yet done,
​​Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,
​​And I will do all My pleasure,’
11 ​​Calling a bird of prey from the east,
​​The man who executes My counsel, from a far country.
​​Indeed I have spoken it;
​​I will also bring it to pass.
​​I have purposed it;
​​I will also do it.
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12 ​​“Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted,
​​Who are far from righteousness:
13 ​​I bring My righteousness near, it shall not be far off;
​​My salvation shall not linger.
​​And I will place salvation in Zion,
​​For Israel My glory.
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