Their land is full of idols; they bow down before the work of their hands, before what their own fingers have fashioned.

People are bowed down, everyone is brought low, and the eyes of the haughty are humbled.

When such trees are suitable to burn, he can use some of them to keep warm or to bake bread, but with others he fashions a god and worships it, shaping it into an idol and bowing down before it.

With the remainder he fashions a god, an idol before which he bows down and offers worship. He prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”

Thus says the Lord: The wealth of Egypt, the commerce of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, tall of stature, will come over to you and belong to you; they will follow you, wearing chains. They will bow down before you and pray to you, saying, “God is with you alone, and there is no other; there is no god aside from him.”

Chapter 46

The Idols of Babylon

Bel bows down, Nebo stoops low; their idols are borne by beasts and cattle. The images you used to carry on your shoulders are now a burden for weary animals.

They stoop and bow down together but are unable to transport their burden safely, and they too move forth into captivity.

Kings will be your foster-fathers, and their princesses will serve as your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the ground and lick the dust from your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who hope in me will not be disappointed.

The sons of those who oppressed you will come forward and bend low before you, and all those who despised you will bow down at your feet; they will call you “City of the Lord,” “Zion of the Holy One of Israel.”