Isaiah:46-47

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* Bel boweth down , Nebo stoopeth , their idols were upon the beasts , and upon the cattle : your carriages were heavy loaden ; they are a burden to the weary beast . * They stoop , they bow down together ; they could not deliver the burden , but themselves are gone into captivity . * Hearken unto me , O house of Jacob Ya #aqob #, and all the remnant of the house of Israel Yisra #el #, which are borne by me from the belly , which are carried from the womb : * And even to your old age I am he ; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you : I have made , and I will bear ; even I will carry , and will deliver you . * To whom will ye liken me , and make me equal , and compare me , that we may be like ? * They lavish gold out of the bag , and weigh silver in the balance , and hire a goldsmith ; and he maketh it a god : they fall down , yea , they worship . * They bear him upon the shoulder , they carry him , and set him in his place , and he standeth ; from his place shall he not remove : yea , one shall cry unto him , yet can he not answer , nor save him out of his trouble . * Remember this , and shew yourselves men : bring it again to mind , O ye transgressors . * Remember the former things of old : for I am God , and there is none else ; I am God , and there is none like me , * Declaring the end from the beginning re #shiyth #, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done , saying , My counsel shall stand , and I will do all my pleasure : * Calling a ravenous bird from the east , the man that executeth my counsel from a far country : yea , I have spoken it , I will also bring it to pass ; I have purposed it , I will also do it . * Hearken unto me , ye stouthearted #H3820 , that are far from righteousness : * I bring near my righteousness ; it shall not be far off , and my salvation shall not tarry : and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory tiph #arah #. * Come down , and sit in the dust , O virgin daughter of Babylon , sit on the ground : there is no throne , O daughter of the Chaldeans : for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate . * Take the millstones , and grind meal : uncover thy locks , make bare the leg , uncover the thigh , pass over the rivers . * Thy nakedness shall be uncovered , yea , thy shame shall be seen : I will take vengeance , and I will not meet thee as a man . * As for our redeemer , the LORD of hosts is his name , the Holy One of Israel Yisra #el #. * Sit thou silent , and get thee into darkness , O daughter of the Chaldeans : for thou shalt no more be called , The lady of kingdoms . * I was wroth with my people , I have polluted mine inheritance , and given them into thine hand : thou didst shew them no mercy ; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke . * And thou saidst , I shall be a lady for ever : so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart , neither didst remember the latter end of it . * Therefore hear now this , thou that art given to pleasures , that dwellest carelessly , that sayest in thine heart , I am , and none else beside me ; I shall not sit as a widow , neither shall I know the loss of children : * But these two things 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 , and for the great abundance of thine enchantments . * For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness : thou hast said , None seeth me . Thy wisdom and thy knowledge da #ath #, it hath perverted thee ; and thou hast said in thine heart , I am , and none else beside me . * Therefore shall evil come upon thee ; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth : and mischief shall fall upon thee ; thou shalt not be able to put it off : and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly pith #owm #, which thou shalt not know . * Stand now with thine enchantments , and with the multitude of thy sorceries , wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth na #uwr #; if so be thou shalt be able to profit , if so be thou mayest prevail . * Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels . Let now the astrologers , the stargazers chozeh #, the monthly prognosticators , stand up , and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee . * Behold , they shall be as stubble ; the fire shall burn them ; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame : there shall not be a coal to warm at , nor fire to sit before it . * Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured , even thy merchants , from thy youth na #uwr #: they shall wander every one to his quarter ; none shall save thee . * Hear ye this , O house of Jacob Ya #aqob #, which are called by the name of Israel Yisra #el #, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah , which swear by the name of the LORD , and make mention of the God of Israel Yisra #el #, but not in truth , nor in righteousness .

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