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“Listen[a] to me, house of Jacob,
    and all you remnant of the house of Israel,
who have been upheld from before your birth,
    and who have been carried from the womb.
Even[b] until your[c] old age, I am the one,
    and I’ll carry you even until your gray hairs come.[d]
It is I who have created,[e] and I who will carry,
    and it is I who will bear and save.

“To whom will you compare me,
    count me equal,[f] or liken me,
        so that I[g] may be compared?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 46:3 So 1QIsaa (sing.); MT LXX (pl.)
  2. Isaiah 46:4 So 1QIsaa; MT reads and even
  3. Isaiah 46:4 1QIsaa MT LXX lack your
  4. Isaiah 46:4 1QIsaa MT LXX lack come
  5. Isaiah 46:4 Or made
  6. Isaiah 46:5 So 1QIsaa (sing.); 1QIsab MT read consider equal (pl.); LXX reads see
  7. Isaiah 46:5 So 1QIsaa; MT reads we

“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)
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.

“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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