[Isa 46:1-13 KJV] 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]. 2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. 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: 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]. 5 To whom will ye liken me, and make [me] equal, and compare me, that we may be like? 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. 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. 8 Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring [it] again to mind, O ye transgressors. 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, 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: 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. 12 Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that [are] far from righteousness: 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.
[Isa 47:1-15 KJV] 1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: [there is] no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. 2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. 3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet [thee as] a man. 4 [As for] our redeemer, the LORD of hosts [is] his name, the Holy One of Israel. 5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. 6 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke. 7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: [so] that thou didst not lay these [things] to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it. 8 Therefore hear now this, [thou that art] given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I [am], and none else beside me; I shall not sit [as] a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: 9 But these two [things] shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, [and] for the great abundance of thine enchantments. 10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I [am], and none else beside me. 11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, [which] thou shalt not know. 12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. 13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from [these things] that shall come upon thee. 14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: [there shall] not [be] a coal to warm at, [nor] fire to sit before it. 15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, [even] thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.
[Isa 48:1-22 KJV] 1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, [but] not in truth, nor in righteousness. 2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts [is] his name. 3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did [them] suddenly, and they came to pass. 4 Because I knew that thou [art] obstinate, and thy neck [is] an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; 5 I have even from the beginning declared [it] to thee; before it came to pass I shewed [it] thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them. 6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare [it]? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them. 7 They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them. 8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time [that] thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb. 9 For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. 10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. 11 For mine own sake, [even] for mine own sake, will I do [it]: for how should [my name] be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another. 12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I [am] he; I [am] the first, I also [am] the last. 13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: [when] I call unto them, they stand up together. 14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these [things]? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm [shall be on] the Chaldeans. 15 I, [even] I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous. 16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there [am] I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me. 17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I [am] the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way [that] thou shouldest go. 18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: 19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me. 20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it [even] to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. 21 And they thirsted not [when] he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out. 22 [There is] no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.
Isa 46:4 - And even to your old ageH2209 I am he; and even to hoar hairsH7872 will I carryH5445you: I have made,H6213 and I will bear;H5375 even I will carry,H5445 and will deliverH4422you.
Isa 46:7 - They bearH5375 him upon the shoulder,H3802 they carryH5445 him, and set him in his place,H3240 and he standeth;H5975 from his placeH4725 shall he not remove:H4185 yea, one shall cryH6817 unto him, yet can he not answer,H6030 nor saveH3467 him out of his trouble.H6869
Isa 46:11 - CallingH7121 a ravenous birdH5861 from the east,H4217 the manH376 that executeth my counselH6098 from a farH4801 country:H776 yea, I have spokenH1696it, I will also bringH935 it to pass; I have purposedH3335it, I will also doH6213 it.
Isa 47:7 - And thou saidst,H559 I shall be a ladyH1404 for ever:H5769so that thou didst not layH7760 these things to thy heart,H3820 neither didst rememberH2142 the latter endH319 of it.
Isa 47:8 - Therefore hearH8085 now this, thou that art given to pleasures,H5719 that dwellestH3427 carelessly,H983 that sayestH559 in thine heart,H3824 I am, and none elseH657 beside me; I shall not sitH3427as a widow,H490 neither shall I knowH3045 the loss of children:H7908
Isa 47:9 - But these twoH8147things shall comeH935 to thee in a momentH7281 in oneH259 day,H3117 the loss of children,H7908 and widowhood:H489 they shall comeH935 upon thee in their perfectionH8537 for the multitudeH7230 of thy sorceries,H3785and for the greatH3966 abundanceH6109 of thine enchantments.H2267
Isa 47:10 - For thou hast trustedH982 in thy wickedness:H7451 thou hast said,H559 None seethH7200 me. Thy wisdomH2451 and thy knowledge,H1847 it hath pervertedH7725 thee; and thou hast saidH559 in thine heart,H3820 I am, and none elseH657 beside me.
Isa 47:11 - Therefore shall evilH7451 comeH935 upon thee; thou shalt not knowH3045 from whence it riseth:H7837 and mischiefH1943 shall fallH5307 upon thee; thou shalt not be ableH3201 to put it off:H3722 and desolationH7722 shall comeH935 upon thee suddenly,H6597which thou shalt not know.H3045
Isa 47:12 - StandH5975 now with thine enchantments,H2267 and with the multitudeH7230 of thy sorceries,H3785 whereinH834 thou hast labouredH3021 from thy youth;H5271 if so be thou shalt be ableH3201 to profit,H3276 if so be thou mayest prevail.H6206
Isa 47:14 - Behold, they shall be as stubble;H7179 the fireH784 shall burnH8313 them; they shall not deliverH5337 themselvesH5315 from the powerH3027 of the flame:H3852there shall not be a coalH1513 to warmH2552 at, nor fireH217 to sitH3427 before it.
Isa 47:15 - Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured,H3021even thy merchants,H5503 from thy youth:H5271 they shall wanderH8582 every oneH376 to his quarter;H5676 none shall saveH3467 thee.
Isa 48:3 - I have declaredH5046 the former thingsH7223 from the beginning;H227 and they went forthH3318 out of my mouth,H6310 and I shewedH8085 them; I didH6213them suddenly,H6597 and they came to pass.H935
Isa 48:5 - I have even from the beginningH227 declaredH5046it to thee; before it came to passH935 I shewedH8085it thee: lest thou shouldest say,H559 Mine idolH6090 hath doneH6213 them, and my graven image,H6459 and my molten image,H5262 hath commandedH6680 them.
Isa 48:6 - Thou hast heard,H8085 seeH2372 all this; and will not ye declareH5046it? I have shewedH8085 thee new thingsH2319 from this time,H6258 even hidden things,H5341 and thou didst not knowH3045 them.
Isa 48:7 - They are createdH1254 now, and not from the beginning; even beforeH6440 the dayH3117 when thou heardestH8085 them not; lest thou shouldest say,H559 Behold, I knewH3045 them.
Isa 48:8 - Yea, thou heardestH8085 not; yea, thou knewestH3045 not; yea, from that time that thine earH241 was not opened:H6605 for I knewH3045 that thou wouldest deal veryH898 treacherously,H898 and wast calledH7121 a transgressorH6586 from the womb.H990
Isa 48:11 - For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I doH6213it: for how should my name be polluted?H2490 and I will not giveH5414 my gloryH3519 unto another.H312
Isa 48:14 - All ye, assembleH6908 yourselves, and hear;H8085 which among them hath declaredH5046 these things? The LORDH3068 hath lovedH157 him: he will doH6213 his pleasureH2656 on Babylon,H894 and his armH2220shall be on the Chaldeans.H3778
Isa 48:19 - Thy seedH2233 also had been as the sand,H2344 and the offspringH6631 of thy bowelsH4578 like the gravelH4579 thereof; his nameH8034 should not have been cut offH3772 nor destroyedH8045 from beforeH6440 me.
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