1: Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the
beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are
a burden to the weary beast. |
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2: They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the
burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. |
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3:
Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the
house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried
from the womb: |
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4: And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will
I 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 ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me,
that we may be like? |
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6: They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the
balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down,
yea, they worship. |
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7: They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him
in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea,
one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his
trouble. |
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8: Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to
mind, O ye transgressors. |
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9: Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is
none else; I am God, and there is none like me, |
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10: Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times
the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I
will do all my pleasure: |
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11: Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth
my counsel from a far country: yea, 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: Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from
righteousness: |
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13: I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and
my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for
Israel my glory. |