48 lines
1.7 KiB
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48 lines
1.7 KiB
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# Chapter 46
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1 Bel crouches; Nebo cowers.
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Idols depicting them are consigned to beasts and cattle.
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The images you carry are loaded,
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as a burden for the weary animal.
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2 The gods cower; they crouch together;
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they are not able to rescue the burden,
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but they themselves go into captivity.
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3 “Listen to me, house of Jacob,
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all the remnant of the house of Israel,
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who have been sustained from the womb,
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carried along since birth.
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4 I will be the same until your old age,
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and I will bear you up when you turn gray.
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I have made you, and I will carry you;
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I will bear and rescue you.
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5 “To whom will you compare me or make me equal?
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Who will you measure me with,
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so that we should be like each other?
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6 Those who pour out their bags of gold
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and weigh out silver on scales—
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they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god.
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Then they kneel and bow down to it.
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7 They lift it to their shoulder and bear it along;
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they set it in its place, and there it stands;
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it does not budge from its place.
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They cry out to it but it doesn’t answer;
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it saves no one from his trouble.
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8 “Remember this and be brave;
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take it to heart, you transgressors!
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9 Remember what happened long ago,
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for I am God, and there is no other;
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I am God, and no one is like me.
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10 I declare the end from the beginning,
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and from long ago what is not yet done,
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saying: my plan will take place,
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and I will do all my will.
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11 I call a bird of prey from the east,
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a man for my purpose from a far country.
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Yes, I have spoken; so I will also bring it about.
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I have planned it; I will also do it.
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12 Listen to me, you hardhearted,
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far removed from justice:
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13 I am bringing my justice near;
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it is not far away,
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and my salvation will not delay.
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I will put salvation in Zion,
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my splendor in Israel. |