Isaiah 46章 ESV | 微讀聖經

The Idols of Babylon and the One True God

146:1 Jer. 50:2; 51:44; [ch. 21:9]Bel bows down; Nebo stoops;

their idols are on beasts and livestock;

these things you carry are borne

as burdens on weary beasts.

2They stoop; they bow down together;

they cannot save the burden,

but 46:2 [Jer. 48:7; Hos. 10:5, 6]themselves go into captivity.

3“Listen to me, O house of Jacob,

all the remnant of the house of Israel,

46:3 [Deut. 1:31; 32:11]who have been borne by me from before your birth,

carried from the womb;

446:4 [Ps. 71:18]even to your old age I am he,

and to gray hairs I will carry you.

I have made, and I will bear;

I will carry and will save.

546:5 See ch. 40:18“To whom will you liken me and make me equal,

and compare me, that we may be alike?

646:6 See ch. 44:10Those who lavish gold from the purse,

and weigh out silver in the scales,

hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;

46:6 ch. 44:15then they fall down and worship!

746:7 See ch. 45:20They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it,

they set it in its place, and it stands there;

46:7 Ps. 115:7it cannot move from its place.

If one cries to it, it does not answer

or save him from his trouble.

8“Remember this and stand firm,

recall it to mind, 46:8 [ch. 43:25]you transgressors,

9remember the former things of old;

for I am God, and there is no other;

I am God, and there is none like me,

1046:10 ch. 41:26declaring the end from the beginning

and from ancient times things not yet done,

saying, 46:10 ch. 44:26, 28; Ps. 33:11; Prov. 19:21; [Heb. 6:17]‘My counsel shall stand,

and I will accomplish all my purpose,’

1146:11 See ch. 41:2calling a bird of prey from the east,

the man of my counsel from a far country.

46:11 Num. 23:19I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;

I have purposed, and I will do it.

12“Listen to me, you stubborn of heart,

you who are far from righteousness:

1346:13 ch. 51:5; [ch. 56:1; Ps. 85:9] I bring near my righteousness; it is not far off,

and my salvation will not delay;

46:13 ch. 62:11; [Joel 2:32]I will put salvation in Zion,

for Israel my glory.”

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