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Babylon’s Idols and the True God
Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over;
Their images are consigned to the beasts and the cattle.
The things that you carry are burdensome,
A load for the weary beast.
Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over;
Their images are consigned to the beasts and the cattle.
The things that you carry are burdensome,
A load for the weary beast.
Babylon’s False Gods
Bel and Nebo, the gods of Babylon,
bow as they are lowered to the ground.
They are being hauled away on ox carts.
The poor beasts stagger under the weight.
Bel and Nebo, the gods of Babylon,
bow as they are lowered to the ground.
They are being hauled away on ox carts.
The poor beasts stagger under the weight.
They stooped over, they have bowed down together;
They could not rescue the burden,
But have themselves gone into captivity.
They could not rescue the burden,
But have themselves gone into captivity.
Both the idols and their owners are bowed down.
The gods cannot protect the people,
and the people cannot protect the gods.
They go off into captivity together.
The gods cannot protect the people,
and the people cannot protect the gods.
They go off into captivity together.
“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,
And all the remnant of the house of Israel,
You who have been borne by Me from birth
And have been carried from the womb;
And all the remnant of the house of Israel,
You who have been borne by Me from birth
And have been carried from the womb;
“Listen to me, descendants of Jacob,
all you who remain in Israel.
I have cared for you since you were born.
Yes, I carried you before you were born.
all you who remain in Israel.
I have cared for you since you were born.
Yes, I carried you before you were born.
Even to your old age I will be the same,
And even to your graying years I will bear you!
I have done it, and I will carry you;
And I will bear you and I will deliver you.
And even to your graying years I will bear you!
I have done it, and I will carry you;
And I will bear you and I will deliver you.
I will be your God throughout your lifetime —
until your hair is white with age.
I made you, and I will care for you.
I will carry you along and save you.
until your hair is white with age.
I made you, and I will care for you.
I will carry you along and save you.
“To whom would you liken Me
And make Me equal and compare Me,
That we would be alike?
And make Me equal and compare Me,
That we would be alike?
“To whom will you compare me?
Who is my equal?
Who is my equal?
“Those who lavish gold from the purse
And weigh silver on the scale
Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
They bow down, indeed they worship it.
And weigh silver on the scale
Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
They bow down, indeed they worship it.
Some people pour out their silver and gold
and hire a craftsman to make a god from it.
Then they bow down and worship it!
and hire a craftsman to make a god from it.
Then they bow down and worship it!
“They lift it upon the shoulder and carry it;
They set it in its place and it stands there.
It does not move from its place.
Though one may cry to it, it cannot answer;
It cannot deliver him from his distress.
They set it in its place and it stands there.
It does not move from its place.
Though one may cry to it, it cannot answer;
It cannot deliver him from his distress.
They carry it around on their shoulders,
and when they set it down, it stays there.
It can’t even move!
And when someone prays to it, there is no answer.
It can’t rescue anyone from trouble.
and when they set it down, it stays there.
It can’t even move!
And when someone prays to it, there is no answer.
It can’t rescue anyone from trouble.
“Remember this, and be assured;
Recall it to mind, you transgressors.
Recall it to mind, you transgressors.
“Do not forget this! Keep it in mind!
Remember this, you guilty ones.
Remember this, you guilty ones.
“Remember the former things long past,
For I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is no one like Me,
For I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is no one like Me,
Remember the things I have done in the past.
For I alone am God!
I am God, and there is none like me.
For I alone am God!
I am God, and there is none like me.
Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things which have not been done,
Saying, ‘My purpose will be established,
And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’;
And from ancient times things which have not been done,
Saying, ‘My purpose will be established,
And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’;
Only I can tell you the future
before it even happens.
Everything I plan will come to pass,
for I do whatever I wish.
before it even happens.
Everything I plan will come to pass,
for I do whatever I wish.
Calling a bird of prey from the east,
The man of My purpose from a far country.
Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass.
I have planned it, surely I will do it.
The man of My purpose from a far country.
Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass.
I have planned it, surely I will do it.
I will call a swift bird of prey from the east —
a leader from a distant land to come and do my bidding.
I have said what I would do,
and I will do it.
a leader from a distant land to come and do my bidding.
I have said what I would do,
and I will do it.
“Listen to Me, you stubborn-minded,
Who are far from righteousness.
Who are far from righteousness.
“Listen to me, you stubborn people
who are so far from doing right.
who are so far from doing right.