Isaiah 46
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Babylon's false gods have no power
46 Bel bends down to the ground.
Nebo lies down low.[a]
Their images are heavy loads on the backs of animals.
The animals become tired and weak as they carry them away.
2 Those gods fall down and they lie together on the ground!
They have no power to rescue their images.
The gods themselves go as prisoners to a foreign land,
together with their images.
3 The Lord says,
‘Listen to me, you family of Jacob.
Yes, listen to me, all you Israelites who are still alive.
I have taken care of you since you first became a nation.
I have carried you since you were born.
4 I will continue to take care of you until you are old,
until your hair becomes grey.
I made you who you are,
and I will supply everything that you need.
I will carry you,
and I will save you.
5 You know that there is no God like me!
You cannot say about any god,
that he is the same as me.
6 Some people make idols for themselves.
They pour out gold coins from their purse.
They weigh silver on their scales.
They pay a worker with special skill to use the silver and the gold
to make a god.
Then they bend down low in front of it,
and they worship it!
7 They lift the idol onto their shoulders
and they carry it home.
They put it in its place and it stands there.
It cannot move anywhere else.
If someone calls out to it for help,
it does not answer.
It cannot save anyone from their trouble.
8 Remember this, you people who do not obey me.
Think about it carefully.
9 Remember all the things that I did a long time ago.
I am God. There is nobody else like me.
There is no other God, except me.
10 From the beginning, I say what will happen at the end.
Long ago, I spoke about future things that have not yet happened.
I say this: “My purpose will not change.
I will do everything that I want to do.”
11 Now I will call somebody to come from the east.
He will come down quickly,
like an eagle that catches small birds to eat.
He will come from a country that is far away.
He will do for me what I want to do.
Yes, I will surely do what I have decided to do.
I have given the command,
and I will cause it to happen.
12 Listen to me, you people who refuse to obey me.
You choose not to do anything that is right.
13 But now I am ready to rescue you,
and I will show you what is right.
This will soon happen!
I will save the people in Zion.
I will make Israel great and beautiful.’
Footnotes
- 46:1 Bel and Nebo were gods of Babylon.
以赛亚书 46
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
巴比伦之像不能自救
46 彼勒屈身，尼波弯腰；巴比伦的偶像驮在兽和牲畜上，他们所抬的如今成了重驮，使牲畜疲乏。 2 都一同弯腰屈身，不能保全重驮，自己倒被掳去。
神始终拯救其民
3 “雅各家，以色列家一切余剩的，要听我言！你们自从生下，就蒙我保抱；自从出胎，便蒙我怀揣。 4 直到你们年老，我仍这样；直到你们发白，我仍怀揣。我已造做，也必保抱；我必怀抱，也必拯救。
神至圣无可比拟
5 “你们将谁与我相比，与我同等，可以与我比较，使我们相同呢？ 6 那从囊中抓金子，用天平平银子的人，雇银匠制造神像，他们又俯伏，又叩拜。 7 他们将神像抬起，扛在肩上，安置在定处，它就站立，不离本位。人呼求它，它不能答应，也不能救人脱离患难。
耶和华所言必成
8 “你们当想念这事，自己做大丈夫！悖逆的人哪，要心里思想！ 9 你们要追念上古的事，因为我是神，并无别神。我是神，再没有能比我的。 10 我从起初指明末后的事，从古时言明未成的事，说：‘我的筹算必立定，凡我所喜悦的，我必成就。’ 11 我召鸷鸟从东方来，召那成就我筹算的人从远方来。我已说出，也必成就；我已谋定，也必做成。
12 “你们这些心中顽梗，远离公义的，当听我言！ 13 我使我的公义临近，必不远离，我的救恩必不迟延。我要为以色列我的荣耀，在锡安施行救恩。
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