Isaiah 46:3-7
The Message
3-4 “Listen to me, family of Jacob,
everyone that’s left of the family of Israel.
I’ve been carrying you on my back
from the day you were born,
And I’ll keep on carrying you when you’re old.
I’ll be there, bearing you when you’re old and gray.
I’ve done it and will keep on doing it,
carrying you on my back, saving you.
5-7 “So to whom will you compare me, the Incomparable?
Can you picture me without reducing me?
People with a lot of money
hire craftsmen to make them gods.
The artisan delivers the god,
and they kneel and worship it!
They carry it around in holy parades,
then take it home and put it on a shelf.
And there it sits, day in and day out,
a dependable god, always right where you put it.
Say anything you want to it, it never talks back.
Of course, it never does anything either!
Isaiah 46:3-5
New International Version
3 “Listen(A) to me, you descendants of Jacob,
all the remnant(B) of the people of Israel,
you whom I have upheld since your birth,(C)
and have carried(D) since you were born.(E)
4 Even to your old age and gray hairs(F)
I am he,(G) I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
I will sustain(H) you and I will rescue you.
5 “With whom will you compare me or count me equal?
To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?(I)
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