There is No One Like God

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

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 46:8: Hb obscure
b. Isaiah 46:11: Cyrus

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