17 “The Lord of Armies who planted you(A) has decreed disaster against you, because of the disaster[a] the house of Israel and the house of Judah brought on themselves when they angered me by burning incense to Baal.”

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  1. 11:17 Or evil

17 The Lord Almighty, who planted(A) you, has decreed disaster(B) for you, because the people of both Israel and Judah have done evil and aroused(C) my anger by burning incense to Baal.(D)

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There Is No One Like God

46 Bel crouches; Nebo cowers.(A)
Idols depicting them are consigned to beasts and cattle.
The images you carry are loaded,
as a burden for the weary animal.

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Gods of Babylon

46 Bel(A) bows down, Nebo stoops low;
    their idols(B) are borne by beasts of burden.[a]
The images that are carried(C) about are burdensome,
    a burden for the weary.

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  1. Isaiah 46:1 Or are but beasts and cattle

The gods cower; they crouch together;
they are not able to rescue the burden,
but they themselves go into captivity.(A)

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They stoop and bow down together;
    unable to rescue the burden,
    they themselves go off into captivity.(A)

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“To whom will you compare me or make me equal?
Who will you measure me with,
so that we should be like each other?(A)
Those who pour out their bags of gold
and weigh out silver on scales—
they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god.
Then they kneel and bow down to it.(B)
They lift it to their shoulder and bear it along;(C)
they set it in its place, and there it stands;
it does not budge from its place.(D)
They cry out to it but it doesn’t answer;
it saves no one from his trouble.

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“With whom will you compare me or count me equal?
    To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?(A)
Some pour out gold from their bags
    and weigh out silver on the scales;
they hire a goldsmith(B) to make it into a god,
    and they bow down and worship it.(C)
They lift it to their shoulders and carry(D) it;
    they set it up in its place, and there it stands.
    From that spot it cannot move.(E)
Even though someone cries out to it, it cannot answer;(F)
    it cannot save(G) them from their troubles.

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29 Since, then, we are God’s offspring, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.(A)

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29 “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.(A)

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13 And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea.(A) It had ten horns and seven heads. On its horns were ten crowns,[a](B) and on its heads were blasphemous names.[b](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 13:1 Or diadems
  2. 13:1 Other mss read heads was a blasphemous name

The Beast out of the Sea

13 The dragon[a] stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea.(A) It had ten horns and seven heads,(B) with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name.(C)

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  1. Revelation 13:1 Some manuscripts And I

They worshiped the dragon(A) because he gave authority to the beast. And they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast?(B) Who is able to wage war against it?”

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People worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, “Who is like(A) the beast? Who can wage war against it?”

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The Beast from the Earth

11 Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; it had two horns like a lamb,[a](A) but it spoke like a dragon.

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  1. 13:11 Or ram

The Beast out of the Earth

11 Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth.(A) It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon.(B)

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14 It deceives those who live on the earth(A) because of the signs that it is permitted to perform in the presence of the beast,(B) telling those who live on the earth to make an image[a] of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15 It was permitted to give breath[b] to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast could both speak and cause whoever would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.(C) 16 And it makes everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead,(D) 17 so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark: the beast’s name or the number of its name.

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  1. 13:14 Or a statue, or a likeness
  2. 13:15 Or a spirit, or life

14 Because of the signs(A) it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived(B) the inhabitants of the earth.(C) It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.(D) 15 The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship(E) the image to be killed.(F) 16 It also forced all people, great and small,(G) rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads,(H) 17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark,(I) which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.(J)

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