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Isaiah 46

1 Bel stoops, Nebo bends·​·over; their idols◦ are for the animal and for the beast; your burdens are loads, a burden to the fainting.
2 They bend·​·over, they stoop together; they are· not ·able to escape the burden; and their soul has gone◦ into captivity.
3 Hearken to Me, O house of Jacob, and all who are left of the house of Israel; you who have been laden from the belly, who have been carried from the womb.
4 And even·​·to old·​·age, I◦ am He◦1, and even·​·to gray·​·hairs, I◦ will bear·​·the·​·burden◦; and I◦ have made, and I◦ will carry; and I◦ will bear·​·the·​·burden◦ and will deliver◦ you.
5 To whom will you liken Me, and make· Me ·equal◦? And to whom will you make· Me ·similar, that we may be·​·alike?
6 They consider as worthless from the pouch, and they weigh silver with the reed; they hire a refiner, and he makes it a god◦; they adore, yea, they bow· themselves ·down.
7 They bear it upon the shoulder◦; they bear·​·the·​·burden◦ of it; they place it in· His ·stead, and it stands still; from its place it does not depart; indeed◦, he cries to▵ it, and it answers not; from his adversity it saves him not.
8 Remember this, and make yourselves men◦; return it upon the heart, O transgressors!
9 Remember the first things from an age; for I▵ am God◦, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none◦ like▵ Me,
10 telling the latter things from the beginning◦, and from ancient times what is not yet done, saying, My counsel shall rise·​·up, and I will do all My delight,
11 calling from the sunrise the raptor, and from a far-off land the man◦ of My counsel; yea, I have spoken, yea, I will bring it to pass; I have formed it, yea, I will make it.
12 Hearken unto▵ Me, O ye bullish of heart; ye who are far from justice:
13 I will offer My justice, it shall not be far distant; and My salvation shall not delay; and I will give in Zion salvation; to Israel My splendor.

1always rendered “I am the Same” in the Heavenly Doctrine (see AC 5550, etc.)