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their idols are borne by beasts and cattle.
These objects you carry are loaded,
as heavy burdens on weary animals.
2 They stoop and bow down together;
they cannot rescue the burden,
but they have gone off into captivity.
3 “Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,
all the remnant of the house of Israel,
who have been sustained by Me from birth,
and carried from the womb.
4 Even to your old age, I am He,
I will bear you up when you turn gray.
I have made you and I will carry you;
I will sustain you and save you.
5 “To whom will you liken Me, or make Me equal?
To whom will compare Me,
that we should be alike?
6 Those who pour out their gold from their purse,
and weigh their silver on scales—
they hire a goldsmith,
and he makes it into a god;
then they bow down and worship it!
7 They bear it on their shoulders and carry it;
they set it up in its place, and it stands;
from its place it cannot move.
Though one cries out to it,
it does not answer;
it cannot save him from his troubles.
8 “Remember this and consider,
take it to heart, O you transgressors.
9 Remember the former things of old,
for I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is no one like Me.
10 I declare the end from the beginning,
and from ancient times, what is still to come.
I say: ‘My design will stand,
and I will do all that I please’.
11 From the east I call in a bird of prey,
the man for My purpose from a far country.
Indeed, I have spoken; and I will bring it to pass;
as I have planned, that I will do.
12 “Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted,
you who are far from justice:
13 I will bring My justice near;
it is not far away;
and My salvation will not be delayed.
I will grant salvation to Zion,
My splender to Israel.”