1Bel 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 .[ † ]Isaiah 21:9Jeremiah 50:2Jeremiah 10:5 2They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.[ † ]Judges 18:17-18, 242 Samuel 5:21Jeremiah 48:7Hosea 10:5-6
3Hearken 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:[ † ]Deuteronomy 32:11Psalms 71:6Isaiah 63:9 4and 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 .[ † ]Malachi 3:6Psalms 48:14 5To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?[ † ]Isaiah 40:18-25 6They 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.[ † ]Isaiah 40:19Isaiah 41:6Jeremiah 10:4Isaiah 44:12 7They 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.[ † ]Isaiah 45:20Isaiah 46:1Jeremiah 10:5
8Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.[ † ]Isaiah 44:19 9Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,[ † ]Deuteronomy 32:7Isaiah 42:9Isaiah 65:17Isaiah 45:5-21 10declaring 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:[ † ]Isaiah 45:21Isaiah 48:3Psalms 33:11Proverbs 19:21Proverbs 21:30Isaiah 14:24Isaiah 25:1Acts 5:39Hebrews 6:17 11calling 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.[ † ]Isaiah 41:2-25Isaiah 44:28Numbers 23:19
12Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:[ † ]Psalms 76:5Isaiah 48:4Zechariah 7:11-12Malachi 3:13Romans 10:3 13I 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.[ † ]Romans 1:17Habakkuk 2:3Isaiah 62:11Joel 3:171 Peter 2:6