The Book of the Prophet Isaiah
Isaiah, Chapter 46
Bel has bowed; Nebo stoops; their idols are for the beast, and for the cattle; your things carried are loads; a burden for the weary.
They stoop; they bow together; they are not able to deliver the burden; and their soul has gone into captivity.
Listen to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel; who are borne from the belly, who are lifted from the womb:
Even to old age I [am] He; and I will bear to gray hair; I made, and I will carry; and I will bear and deliver.
To whom will you compare and make Me equal; yea, compare Me, that we may be alike?
Those who lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver on the measuring rod; they hire a refiner and he makes it a god. They fall down; yea, they worship.
They carry it on the shoulder; they bear it and set it in its place, and it stands; it shall not move from its place. Yes, he cries to it, but it does not answer, it does not save him from his distress.
Remember this and be a man; return [it] on [your] heart, transgressors.
Remember former things from forever, for I [am] God, and no one else [is] God, even none like Me,
declaring the end from the beginning, and from the past those things which were not done, saying, My purpose shall rise; and, I will do all My desire;
calling a bird of prey from the sunrise, the man of My counsel from a far off land. Yes, I have spoken; yes, I will cause it to come; I have formed; yes, I will do it.
Listen to Me, mighty ones of heart who [are] far from righteousness:
I bring near My righteousness; it shall not be far off, and My salvation shall not wait; I will place salvation in Zion, My glory for Israel.
