< Isaiah 46 >

1 Bel bows down, Nebo bends low; their idols are carried off on beasts of burden, a heavy weight for the tired animals.
to bow Bel to stoop Nebo to be idol their to/for living thing and to/for animal burden your to lift burden to/for faint
2 They bend low and bow down together—they can't help rescue their idols, and they themselves go off into captivity.
to stoop to bow together not be able to escape burden and soul: myself their in/on/with captivity to go: went
3 Listen to me, descendants of Jacob, all those who are left of the people of Israel. I have looked after you since you were born, carrying you from birth.
to hear: hear to(wards) me house: household Jacob and all remnant house: household Israel [the] to lift from belly: womb [the] to lift: bear from womb
4 Even when you're old, I will still be your God; even when your hair turns white, I will still support you. I made you, I will carry you, I will support you, and I will save you.
and till old age I he/she/it and till greyheaded I to bear I to make and I to lift: bear and I to bear and to escape
5 Who will you liken me to? Who will you reckon to be my equal? Who will you compare me with, as if we were alike?
to/for who? to resemble me and be like and to liken me and to resemble
6 There are those who extravagantly tip out gold from their bags, and weigh out silver on the scales, and hire a goldsmith to make them a god they can bow down to and worship.
[the] to lavish/despise gold from purse and silver: money in/on/with branch: scales to weigh to hire to refine and to make him god to prostrate also to bow
7 They lift the idol onto their shoulders, carry it along, and then put it in place. It stays there and doesn't move. Even when people cry out to it for help, it doesn't answer—it can't save them from their troubles.
to lift: raise him upon shoulder to bear him and to rest him underneath: stand him and to stand: stand from place his not to remove also to cry to(wards) him and not to answer from distress his not to save him
8 Remember this, and act like men! Think about it, you rebels!
to remember this and be manly to return: recall to transgress upon heart
9 Remember what I've done for you since the beginning, for I am God, and there is no God apart from me. I am God, and there is none like me.
to remember first: previous from forever: antiquity for I God and nothing still God and end like me
10 I am the one who can predict what will happen in the end from the very beginning, declaring from ancient times what the future will bring. Whatever I plan will take place; I will accomplish everything I wish.
to tell from first: beginning end and from front: old which not to make: do to say counsel my to arise: establish and all pleasure my to make: do
11 I'm calling a bird of prey from the east, a man from a distant country who will carry out my plan. I have spoken, and I will make sure it happens. I have made my plan, and I will carry it out.
to call: call to from east bird of prey from land: country/planet distance man (counsel my *Q(K)*) also to speak: speak also to come (in): come her to form: plan also to make: do her
12 Listen to me, you stubborn people, who are such a long way from doing what's right!
to hear: hear to(wards) me mighty: strong heart [the] distant from righteousness
13 Very shortly I am going to make things right—it won't be long. I will come with my salvation without delay—I will save Zion to demonstrate my glory to Israel.
to present: come righteousness my not to remove and deliverance: salvation my not to delay and to give: put in/on/with Zion deliverance: salvation to/for Israel beauty my

< Isaiah 46 >