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World English Bible

Isaiah 46 (WEBP)

[1] Bel bows down. Nebo stoops. Their idols are carried by animals, and on the livestock. The things that you carried around are heavy loads, a burden for the weary.
[2] They stoop and they bow down together. They could not deliver the burden, but they have gone into captivity.
[3] “Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been carried from their birth, that have been carried from the womb.
[4] Even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear. Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.
[5] “To whom will you compare me, and consider my equal, and compare me, as if we were the same?
[6] Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They fall down— yes, they worship.
[7] They bear it on their shoulder. They carry it, and set it in its place, and it stands there. It cannot move from its place. Yes, one may cry to it, yet it can not answer. It cannot save him out of his trouble.
[8] “Remember this, and show yourselves men. Bring it to mind again, you transgressors.
[9] Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other. I am God, and there is none like me.
[10] I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done. I say: My counsel will stand, and I will do all that I please.
[11] I call a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. Yes, I have spoken. I will also bring it to pass. I have planned. I will also do it.
[12] Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted, who are far from righteousness!
[13] I bring my righteousness near. It is not far off, and my salvation will not wait. I will grant salvation to Zion, my glory to Israel.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Isaiah 46 (KJVS)

[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.

Isaiah 46:2 Heb. their soul
Isaiah 46:11 Heb. the man of my counsel

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Isaiah 46 (BYZ)

[1] Ἔπεσε () Βηλ, συνετρίβη () Δαγων, ἐγένετο () τὰ () γλυπτὰ αὐτῶν () εἰς () θηρία () καὶ () κτήνη· () αἴρετε () αὐτὰ () καταδεδεμένα () ὡς () φορτίον () κοπιῶντι ()
[2] καὶ () πεινῶντι () καὶ () ἐκλελυμένῳ () οὐκ () ἰσχύοντι () ἅμα, () οἳ () οὐ () δυνήσονται () σωθῆναι () ἀπὸ () πολέμου, () αὐτοὶ () δὲ () αἰχμάλωτοι () ἤχθησαν. ()
[3] Ἀκούσατέ () μου, () οἶκος () τοῦ () Ιακωβ () καὶ () πᾶν () τὸ () κατάλοιπον () τοῦ () Ισραηλ () οἱ () αἰρόμενοι () ἐκ () κοιλίας () καὶ () παιδευόμενοι () ἐκ () παιδίου· ()
[4] ἕως () γήρους () ἐγώ () εἰμι, () καὶ () ἕως () ἂν () καταγηράσητε, ἐγώ () εἰμι· () ἐγὼ () ἀνέχομαι () ὑμῶν, () ἐγὼ () ἐποίησα () καὶ () ἐγὼ () ἀνήσω, () ἐγὼ () ἀναλήμψομαι () καὶ () σώσω () ὑμᾶς. ()
[5] Τίνι () με () ὡμοιώσατε; () Ἴδετε () τεχνάσασθε, οἱ () πλανώμενοι. ()
[6] Οἱ () συμβαλλόμενοι () χρυσίον () ἐκ () μαρσιππίου καὶ () ἀργύριον () ἐν () ζυγῷ () στήσουσιν () ἐν () σταθμῷ καὶ () μισθωσάμενοι () χρυσοχόον ἐποίησαν () χειροποίητα () καὶ () κύψαντες () προσκυνοῦσιν () αὐτοῖς. ()
[7] Αἴρουσιν () αὐτὸ () ἐπὶ () τῶν () ὤμων, () καὶ () πορεύονται· () ἐὰν () δὲ () θῶσιν () αὐτό, () ἐπὶ () τοῦ () τόπου () αὐτοῦ () μένει, () οὐ () μὴ () κινηθῇ· () καὶ () ὃς () ἂν () βοήσῃ () πρὸς () αὐτόν, () οὐ () μὴ () εἰσακούσῃ, () ἀπὸ () κακῶν () οὐ () μὴ () σώσῃ () αὐτόν. ()
[8] Μνήσθητε () ταῦτα () καὶ () στενάξατε, () μετανοήσατε, () οἱ () πεπλανημένοι, () ἐπιστρέψατε () τῇ () καρδίᾳ. ()
[9] Καὶ () μνήσθητε () τὰ () πρότερα ἀπὸ () τοῦ () αἰῶνος, () ὅτι () ἐγώ () εἰμι () ὁ () θεός, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἔτι () πλὴν () ἐμοῦ ()
[10] ἀναγγέλλων () πρότερον () τὰ () ἔσχατα () πρὶν () αὐτὰ () γενέσθαι, () καὶ () ἅμα () συνετελέσθη· () καὶ () εἶπα () Πᾶσά () μου () ἡ () βουλὴ () στήσεται, () καὶ () πάντα, () ὅσα () βεβούλευμαι, () ποιήσω· ()
[11] καλῶν () ἀπ’ () ἀνατολῶν () πετεινὸν καὶ () ἀπὸ () γῆς () πόρρωθεν () περὶ () ὧν () βεβούλευμαι, () ἐλάλησα () καὶ () ἤγαγον, () ἔκτισα () καὶ () ἐποίησα, () ἤγαγον () αὐτὸν () καὶ () εὐόδωσα () τὴν () ὁδὸν () αὐτοῦ. ()
[12] Ἀκούσατέ () μου, () οἱ () ἀπολωλεκότες () τὴν () καρδίαν () οἱ () μακρὰν () ἀπὸ () τῆς () δικαιοσύνης. ()
[13] Ἤγγισα () τὴν () δικαιοσύνην () μου () καὶ () τὴν () σωτηρίαν () τὴν () παρ’ () ἐμοῦ () οὐ () βραδυνῶ· () δέδωκα () ἐν () Σιων () σωτηρίαν () τῷ () Ισραηλ () εἰς () δόξασμα.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.