| 46:1 | 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. |
| 46:2 | They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. |
| 46:3 | Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: |
| 46:4 | 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. |
| 46:5 | To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like? |
| 46:6 | 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. |
| 46:7 | 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. |
| 46:7 | 他們將神像抬起、扛在肩上、安置在定處、他就站立、不離本位、人呼求他、他不能答應、也不能救人脫離患難。 |
| 46:7 | 他们将神像抬起，扛在肩上，安置在定处，他就站立，不离本位，人呼求他，他不能答应，也不能救人脱离患难。 |
| jer:10:5 | They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. |
| isa:45:20 | Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. |
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| 46:8 | Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors. |
| 46:9 | Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, |
| 46:10 | Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: |
| 46:11 | 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. |
| 46:12 | Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness: |
| 46:13 | 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. |
