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Sunday, November 24th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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English Standard Version

Isaiah 46

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The Idols of Babylon and the One True God

1 (a)Bel bows down; Nebo stoops;
    their idols are on beasts and livestock;
these things you carry are borne
    as burdens on weary beasts.
2 They stoop; they bow down together;
    they cannot save the burden,
    but (b)themselves go into captivity.

3 "Listen to me, O house of Jacob,
    all the remnant of the house of Israel,
(c)who have been borne by me from before your birth,
    carried from the womb;
4 (d)even to your old age I am he,
    and to gray hairs I will carry you.
I have made, and I will bear;
    I will carry and will save.

5 (e)"To whom will you liken me and make me equal,
    and compare me, that we may be alike?
6 (f)Those who lavish gold from the purse,
    and weigh out silver in the scales,
hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
    (g)then they fall down and worship!
7 (h)They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it,
    they set it in its place, and it stands there;
    (i)it cannot move from its place.
If one cries to it, it does not answer
    or save him from his trouble.

8 "Remember this and stand firm,
    recall it to mind, (j)you transgressors,
9     remember the former things of old;
for I am God, and there is no other;
    I am God, and there is none like me,
10 (k)declaring the end from the beginning
    and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, (l)‘My counsel shall stand,
    and I will accomplish all my purpose,'
11 (m)calling a bird of prey from the east,
    the man of my counsel from a far country.
(n)I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
    I have purposed, and I will do it.

12 "Listen to me, you stubborn of heart,
    you who are far from righteousness:
13 (o)I bring near my righteousness; it is not far off,
    and my salvation will not delay;
(p)I will put salvation in Zion,
    for Israel my glory."

 
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