Their Idols Couldn't Save Them From Captivity |
Isaiah 46:1-13 The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks] |
Their idols were upon the [animals] & upon the cattle. Bel bows down & Nebo stoops [over.] Your carriages were [loaded heavily.] They [were] a burden to the [tired animals.] They stoop & they bow down together. |
They couldn't deliver the burden, but [they have] gone into captivity. [Pay attention] to Me, O house of Jacob & all [those remaining] of the house of Israel, [who] are [carried] from the womb & are borne by Me from the [stomach.] |
[Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed you in the [stomach,] I knew you. And before you came forth out of the womb, I sanctified you & I [appointed] you, [as] a prophet to the nations.] |
And even [until] your old age, I Am He, even [until you have gray] hair, I will carry you. I have made [you,] & I will bear [you] & I will even carry & deliver you. To whom will you [make] Me [similar] & make Me equal & compare Me, that we may be [alike?] |
They lavish gold out of the bag & weigh silver in the balance & hire a goldsmith & he makes it a god. [Yes,] they fall down & worship [it.] They [put] him upon [their] shoulders & carry him & put him in his place, [so he's] not [removed.] |
And [it] stands from [its] place & [someone] shall cry [out] to him, [but] he can't answer, nor save [himself] out of his trouble. Remember this & [show] yourselves [to be] men. O you [sinners,] bring it to mind again. Remember the [previous] things of old: for I Am God & there is none else. |
I Am God & there [are] none like Me, declaring the end, from the beginning & the things that [haven't happened] yet, from ancient times, saying, My [advice] shall stand & I will do all My pleasure. |
Calling the man from a [distant] country, a ravenous bird from the east, [who carries out] My [advice.] [Yes,] I have spoken it & I will also [make it happen.] I have [intended] it & I will also do it. [Pay attention] to Me, you stouthearted, [who] are far from righteousness. |
[Zechariah 7:11-12 But they refused to [pay attention] & pulled away [their shoulders] & stopped their ears, [so] that they [couldn't] hear. [Yes,] they made their hearts as [hard as] stone, lest they should hear the Law & the Words, [that] the Lord of Hosts has sent, [through] His Spirit by the former prophets. Therefore, great wrath [comes] from the Lord of Hosts.] |
I bring My righteousness near. It shall not be far [away] & My Salvation shall not [delay.] And I will place Salvation in Zion for Israel, My glory. [2 Peter 3:9-10 The Lord isn't slack [about] His promise, [like] some men [consider] slackness; but is [patient] to us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. |
*But the day of the Lord will come [like] a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with great noise & the elements shall melt with fervent heat & also the earth & the [things made] that are [in there,] shall be burned up.] |