Dual Panel1Bel <01078> boweth down <03766> (8804)_, Nebo <05015> stoopeth <07164> (8802)_, their idols <06091> were upon the beasts <02416>_, and upon the cattle <0929>_: your carriages <05385> [were] heavy loaden <06006> (8803)_; [they are] a burden <04853> to the weary <05889> [beast].
2They stoop <07164> (8804)_, they bow down <03766> (8804) together <03162>_; they could <03201> (8804) not deliver <04422> (8763) the burden <04853>_, but themselves <05315> are gone <01980> (8804) into captivity <07628>_. {themselves: Heb. their soul}
3Hearken <08085> (8798) unto me, O house <01004> of Jacob <03290>_, and all the remnant <07611> of the house <01004> of Israel <03478>_, which are borne <06006> (8803) [by me] from the belly <0990>_, which are carried <05375> (8803) from the womb <07356>_:
4And [even] to [your] old age <02209> I [am] he; and [even] to hoar hairs <07872> will I carry <05445> (8799) [you]: I have made <06213> (8804)_, and I will bear <05375> (8799)_; even I will carry <05445> (8799)_, and will deliver <04422> (8762) [you].
5To whom will ye liken <01819> (8762) me, and make [me] equal <07737> (8686)_, and compare <04911> (8686) me, that we may be like <01819> (8799)_?
6They lavish <02107> (8801) gold <02091> out of the bag <03599>_, and weigh <08254> (8799) silver <03701> in the balance <07070>_, [and] hire <07936> (8799) a goldsmith <06884> (8802)_; and he maketh <06213> (8799) it a god <0410>_: they fall down <05456> (8799)_, yea, they worship <07812> (8691)_.
7They bear <05375> (8799) him upon the shoulder <03802>_, they carry <05445> (8799) him, and set him in his place <03240> (8686)_, and he standeth <05975> (8799)_; from his place <04725> shall he not remove <04185> (8686)_: yea, [one] shall cry <06817> (8799) unto him, yet can he not answer <06030> (8799)_, nor save <03467> (8686) him out of his trouble <06869>_.
8Remember <02142> (8798) this, and shew yourselves men <0377> (8695)_: bring [it] again <07725> (8685) to mind <03820>_, O ye transgressors <06586> (8802)_.
9Remember <02142> (8798) the former things <07223> of old <05769>_: for I [am] God <0410>_, and [there is] none else; [I am] God <0430>_, and [there is] none <0657> like <03644> me,
10Declaring <05046> (8688) the end <0319> from the beginning <07225>_, and from ancient times <06924> [the things] that are not [yet] done <06213> (8738)_, saying <0559> (8802)_, My counsel <06098> shall stand <06965> (8799)_, and I will do <06213> (8799) all my pleasure <02656>_:
11Calling <07121> (8802) a ravenous bird <05861> from the east <04217>_, the man <0376> that executeth my counsel <06098> from a far <04801> country <0776>_: yea, I have spoken <01696> (8765) [it], I will also bring <0935> (8686) it to pass; I have purposed <03335> (8804) [it], I will also do <06213> (8799) it. {that...: Heb. of my counsel}
12Hearken <08085> (8798) unto me, ye stouthearted <047> <03820>_, that [are] far from <07350> righteousness <06666>_:
13I bring near <07126> (8765) my righteousness <06666>_; it shall not be far off <07368> (8799)_, and my salvation <08668> shall not tarry <0309> (8762)_: and I will place <05414> (8804) salvation <08668> in Zion <06726> for Israel <03478> my glory <08597>_.