Isaiah 46

³ “Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,
And all the remnant of the house of Israel,
You who have been borne by Me from ^[c]birth
And have been carried from the womb;
⁴ Even to your old age I ^[d]will be the same,
And even to your ^[e]graying years I will bear you!
I have ^[f]done it, and I will carry you;
And I will bear you and I will deliver you.

⁵ “To whom would you liken Me
And make Me equal and compare Me,
That we would be alike?
⁶ “Those who lavish gold from the purse
And weigh silver on the scale
Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
They bow down, indeed they worship it.
⁷ “They lift it upon the shoulder and carry it;
They set it in its place and it stands there.
It does not move from its place.
Though one may cry to it, it cannot answer;
It cannot deliver him from his distress.

⁸ “Remember this, and be ^[g]assured;
Recall it to ^[h]mind, you transgressors.
⁹ “Remember the former things long past,
For I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is no one like Me,
¹⁰ Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things which have not been done,
Saying, ‘My purpose will be established,
And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’;
¹¹ Calling a bird of prey from the east,
The man of ^[i]My purpose from a far country.
Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass.
I have planned it, surely I will do it.

¹² “Listen to Me, you stubborn-minded,
Who are far from righteousness.
¹³ “I bring near My righteousness, it is not far off;
And My salvation will not delay.
And I will grant salvation in Zion,
And My glory for Israel.