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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Isaiah 46 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/46.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/isaiah/46-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Isaiah 46</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" 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">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/isaiah/46.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Idols of Babylon and the One True God</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/46-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Bel bows down; Nebo stoops;</span><br /><span class="indent">their idols are on beasts and livestock;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">these things you carry are borne</span><br /><span class="indent">as burdens on weary beasts.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/46-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">They stoop; they bow down together;</span><br /><span class="indent">they cannot save the burden,</span><br /><span class="indent">but themselves go into captivity.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/46-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“Listen to me, O house of Jacob,</span><br /><span class="indent">all the remnant of the house of Israel,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">who have been borne by me from before your birth,</span><br /><span class="indent">carried from the womb;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/46-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">even to your old age I am he,</span><br /><span class="indent">and to gray hairs I will carry you.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">I have made, and I will bear;</span><br /><span class="indent">I will carry and will save.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/46-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“To whom will you liken me and make me equal,</span><br /><span class="indent">and compare me, that we may be alike?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/46-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Those who lavish gold from the purse,</span><br /><span class="indent">and weigh out silver in the scales,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;</span><br /><span class="indent">then they fall down and worship!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/46-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it,</span><br /><span class="indent">they set it in its place, and it stands there;</span><br /><span class="indent">it cannot move from its place.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">If one cries to it, it does not answer</span><br /><span class="indent">or save him from his trouble.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/46-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“Remember this and stand firm,</span><br /><span class="indent">recall it to mind, you transgressors,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/46-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="indent">remember the former things of old;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">for I am God, and there is no other;</span><br /><span class="indent">I am God, and there is none like me,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/46-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">declaring the end from the beginning</span><br /><span class="indent">and from ancient times things not yet done,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,</span><br /><span class="indent">and I will accomplish all my purpose,’</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/46-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">calling a bird of prey from the east,</span><br /><span class="indent">the man of my counsel from a far country.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;</span><br /><span class="indent">I have purposed, and I will do it.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/46-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“Listen to me, you stubborn of heart,</span><br /><span class="indent">you who are far from righteousness:</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/46-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I bring near my righteousness; it is not far off,</span><br /><span class="indent">and my salvation will not delay;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">I will put salvation in Zion,</span><br /><span class="indent">for Israel my glory.”</span></p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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