rwbs - Isaiah:46-47

rwbs@Isaiah:46:1 @ Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages heavily loaded; a burden to the weary.

rwbs@Isaiah:46:2 @ They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves have gone into captivity. (note:)themselves: Hebrews. their soul(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:46:3 @ Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, who are borne from birth, who are carried from the womb:

rwbs@Isaiah:46:4 @ And to old age I he; and to gray hairs will I carry: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver.

rwbs@Isaiah:46:5 @ To whom will ye liken me, and make equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

rwbs@Isaiah:46:6 @ They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.

rwbs@Isaiah:46:7 @ They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not move: yea, shall cry to him, yet he cannot answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

rwbs@Isaiah:46:8 @ Remember this, and show yourselves men: bring again to mind, O ye transgressors.

rwbs@Isaiah:46:9 @ Remember the former things of old: for I God, and none else; God, and none like me,

rwbs@Isaiah:46:10 @ Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times that are not done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

rwbs@Isaiah:46:11 @ Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also perform it. (note:)that…: Hebrews. of my counsel(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:46:12 @ Hearken to me, ye stubborn in heart, that far from righteousness:

rwbs@Isaiah:46:13 @ I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not delay: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.

rwbs@Isaiah:47:1 @ Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

rwbs@Isaiah:47:2 @ Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

rwbs@Isaiah:47:3 @ Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet a man.

rwbs@Isaiah:47:4 @ our redeemer, the LORD of hosts his name, the Holy One of Israel.

rwbs@Isaiah:47:5 @ Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.

rwbs@Isaiah:47:6 @ I was angry with my people, I have polluted my inheritance, and given them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

rwbs@Isaiah:47:7 @ And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: that thou didst not lay these to thy heart, neither didst remember its latter end.

rwbs@Isaiah:47:8 @ Therefore hear now this, given to pleasures, that dwellest securely, that sayest in thy heart, I, and none else besides me; I shall not sit a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:

rwbs@Isaiah:47:9 @ But these two shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, for the great abundance of thy enchantments.

rwbs@Isaiah:47:10 @ For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thy heart, I, and none else besides me. (note:)perverted…: or, caused thee to turn away(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:47:11 @ Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from where it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, thou shalt not know. (note:)from…: Hebrews. the morning thereof(:note)put: Heb. expiate

rwbs@Isaiah:47:12 @ Stand now with thy enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, in which thou hast laboured from thy youth; if thou shalt be able to profit, if thou mayest prevail.

rwbs@Isaiah:47:13 @ Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from that shall come upon thee. (note:)astrologers: Hebrews. viewers of the heavens(:note)the monthly…: Heb. that give knowledge concerning the months

rwbs@Isaiah:47:14 @ Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: not a coal to warm at, fire to sit before it. (note:)themselves: Hebrews. their souls(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:47:15 @ Thus shall they be to thee with whom thou hast laboured, thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.

rwbs@Isaiah:48:1 @ Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, not in truth, nor in righteousness.