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\c 46
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\q1
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\v 1 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; their idols
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\q1 weigh down the animals carrying them. These idols they carry about are a heavy burden to the weary animals.
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\v 2 Together they bend low, kneel down; they cannot rescue the images,
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\q1 and they themselves have gone off into captivity.
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\v 3 Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all you, the remnant of the house of Jacob,
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\q1 who have been carried by me from before your birth, carried from the womb:
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\v 4 Even to your old age I am he, and even until your hair is gray I will carry you.
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\q1 I made you, and I will support you, I will carry you to safety.
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\v 5 To whom will you compare me? And whom do I resemble, so that we may be compared?
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\v 6 People pour out gold from the bag and weigh silver on the scale.
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\q1 They hire a metalsmith, and he makes it into a god; they bow down and worship it.
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\v 7 They lift it on their shoulder and carry it; they set it in its place, and it stands in its place and does not move from it.
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\q1 They cry out to it, but it cannot answer nor save anyone from his trouble.
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\v 8 Think about these things; never ignore them, you rebels!
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\v 9 Think about the earlier things, those of times past,
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\q1 for I am God, and there is no other, I am God, and there is no one like me.
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\v 10 I announce the end from the beginning, and beforehand what has not yet happened;
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\q1 I say, "My plan will happen, and I will do as I desire."
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\v 11 I call a bird of prey from the east, the man of my choice from a distant land;
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\q1 yes, I have spoken; I will also accomplish
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it; I have purposed, I will also do it.
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\v 12 Listen to me, you stubborn people, who are far from doing what is right.
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\v 13 I am bringing my righteousness near; it is not far away, and my salvation does not wait;
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\q1 and I will give salvation to Zion and my beauty to Israel.
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