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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/45.htm" title="Isaiah 45">◄</a> Isaiah 46 <a href="../isaiah/47.htm" title="Isaiah 47">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch29046" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn29046" class="cn"></h1> <section> <h2 class="ahaft">The Gods of Babylon</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v29046001" class="ver">1</span>Bel bows down, Nebo<a id="rfn29046001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29046001-1">*</a> stoops,</p> <p class="sl1">their idols set upon beasts and cattle;</p> <p class="sl">They must be borne upon shoulders,</p> <p class="sl1">a load for weary animals.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29046002" class="ver">2</span>They stoop and bow down together;</p> <p class="sl1">unable to deliver those who bear them,</p> <p class="sl1">they too go into captivity.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v29046003" class="ver">3</span>Hear me, O house of Jacob,</p> <p class="sl1">all the remnant of the house of Israel,</p> <p class="sl">My burden from the womb,</p> <p class="sl1">whom I have carried since birth.<a id="ren29046003-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29046003-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29046004" class="ver">4</span>Even to your old age I am he,</p> <p class="sl1">even when your hair is gray I will carry you;</p> <p class="sl">I have done this, and I will lift you up,</p> <p class="sl1">I will carry you to safety.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v29046005" class="ver">5</span>To whom would you liken me as an equal,</p> <p class="sl1">compare me, as though we were alike?</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29046006" class="ver">6</span>There are those who pour out gold from a purse</p> <p class="sl1">and weigh out silver on the scales;</p> <p class="sl">They hire a goldsmith to make it into a god</p> <p class="sl1">before which they bow down in worship.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29046007" class="ver">7</span>They lift it to their shoulders to carry;</p> <p class="sl1">when they set it down, it stays,</p> <p class="sl1">and does not move from the place.</p> <p class="sl">They cry out to it, but it cannot answer;</p> <p class="sl1">it delivers no one from distress.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v29046008" class="ver">8</span>Remember this and be firm,</p> <p class="sl1">take it to heart, you rebels;</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v29046009" class="ver">9</span>remember the former things, those long ago:</p> <p class="sl">I am God, there is no other;</p> <p class="sl1">I am God, there is none like me.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29046010" class="ver">10</span>At the beginning I declare the outcome;</p> <p class="sl1">from of old, things not yet done.</p> <p class="sl">I say that my plan shall stand,</p> <p class="sl1">I accomplish my every desire.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v29046011" class="ver">11</span>I summon from the east a bird of prey,<a id="rfn29046011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29046011-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">from a distant land, one to carry out my plan.</p> <p class="sl">Yes, I have spoken, I will accomplish it;</p> <p class="sl1">I have planned it, and I will do it.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29046012" class="ver">12</span>Listen to me, you fainthearted,</p> <p class="sl1">far from the victory of justice:</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29046013" class="ver">13</span>I am bringing on that victory, it is not far off,</p> <p class="sl1">my salvation shall not tarry;</p> <p class="sl">I will put salvation within Zion,</p> <p class="sl1">give to Israel my glory.</p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book 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