Together they retire in confusion, the fabricators of images. 17 But Israel shall be saved in JEHOVAH with eternal 18 salvation: Ye shall not be ashamed, neither shall ye be confounded, to the ages of eternity. For thus saith JEHOVAH; Who created the heavens; He is God: Who formed the earth and made it; He hath established it! He created it not in vain; for he formed it to be inhabited: I am JEHOVAH, and none besides: 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth ; 20 I have not said to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain : I am JEHOVAH, who speak truth; who give direct answers. Assemble yourselves together, and come; Gather yourselves together, ye that are escaped from among the nations. They know nothing, that carry about the wood, which they haye carved; That address themselves in prayer to a god, which cannot save. 21 Publish it abroad, and bring them near; and let them consult together: Who hath made this known long before, hath de- Is it not I JEHOVAH, than whom there is no other A God, that uttereth truth, and granteth salvation? 22 Look unto me, and be saved, O all ye remote people of the earth; N For I am God, and there is none else. 23 By myself have I sworn; truth is gone forth from my mouth; The word, and it shall not be revoked : Surely to me shall every knee bow, shall every tongue swear: 24 Saying, Only to JEHOVAH belongeth salvation and power: To him they shall come, they shall be ashamed, all, that are incensed against him: 25 In JEHOVAH shall be justified, and make their boast, all the seed of Israel. 1 CHAP. XLVI. BEL boweth down, Nebo croucheth; Their idols are laid on the beasts and the cattle: Their burdens are heavy, a grievous weight to the weary beast. 2 They crouched, they bowed down together: They could not deliver their own charge; Even they themselves are gone into captivity. 3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob; And all ye the remnant of the house of Israel : I will carry, and will deliver you. 5 To whom will ye liken me, and equal me? And to whom will ye compare me, that we may like? 6 Ye that lavish gold out of the bag; And that weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god: be They worship him; yea they prostrate themselves before him. 7 They bear him on the shoulder; they carry him 8 about; They set him down in his place, and he standeth: To him, that crieth unto him, he will not answer; Remember this, and shew yourselves men: 9 Remember the former things, of old time: I am God, nor is there any thing like me. 10 From the beginning making known the end; And from early times, the things that are not yet done: Saying, My counsel shall stand; And whatever I have willed, I will effect. 11 Calling from the east the eagle; 12 And from a land far distant, the man of my counsel: Hearken unto me, O ye stubborn of heart; Ye that are far distant from deliverance: 13 I bring my promised deliverance near, it shall not be far distant; 1 And my salvation shall not be delayed. To Israel I will give my glory. CHAP. XLVII. DESCEND, and sit on the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; Sit on the bare ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: For thou shalt no longer be called the tender, and the delicate. 2 Take the mill, and grind the corn: Uncover thy locks, disclose thy flowing hair; Make bare thy leg; wade through the rivers. 3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered; even thy shame shall be seen: I will take full vengeance; neither will I suffer man to intercede with me. Our avenger, JEHOVAH God of hosts, The Holy One of Israel, is his name! Sit thou in silence, go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; For thou shalt no longer be called the lady of the kingdoms. 6 I was angry age; with my people; I profaned my herit And I gave them up into thy hand: Thou didst not shew mercy unto them; Even upon the aged didst thou greatly aggravate the weight of thy yoke. 7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: Because thou didst not attentively consider these things; Thou didst not think on what was in the end to befall thee. 8 But hear now this, O thou voluptuous, that sittest in security: Thou that sayest in thy heart, I am, and there is none else; I shall not sit a widow; I shall not know the loss of children. 9 Yet shall these two things come upon thee in a moment; In one day loss of children and widowhood: On a sudden shall they come upon thee; Notwithstanding the multitude of thy sorceries, and the great strength of thine enchantments. 10 But thou didst trust in thy wickedness, and saidst, None seeth me: Thy wisdom and thy knowledge have perverted thy mind; So that thou hast said in thy heart, I am, and there is none besides. 11 Therefore evil shall come upon thee, which thou shalt not know how to deprecate; And mischief shall fall upon thee, which thou shalt not be able to expiate; And destruction shall come upon thee suddenly, of which thou shalt have no apprehension. 12 Persist now in thine enchantments; And in the multitude of thy sorceries, in which thou hast laboured from thy youth: If peradventure thou mayest be profited, if thou mayest be strengthened by them. 13 Thou art wearied in the multiplicity of thy counsels : Let them stand up now, and save thee; The observers of the heavens, the gazers on the stars; They that prognosticate at every new moon, What are the events, that shall happen unto thee. 14 Behold they shall be like stubble; the fire shall burn them up: They shall not deliver their own souls from the power of the flame; Not a coal to warm one, nor a fire to sit by, shall be left of them. 15 Such shall these be unto thee, with whom thou hast laboured; Thy negociators, with whom thou hast dealt from thy youth: Every one shall turn aside to his own business; none shall deliver thee. |