4.
As typified by Cyrus to release Jehovah's captives of the beloved Israel from Babylon
46:1 — 48:22
Isa. 46
:1
46:1
1aBel has bowed down;
2Nebo stoops;
Their idols are on beasts and cattle;
The things which you carry are a
3burden,
A load for a weary
beast.
Isa. 46
:2
46:2
They stoop and have bowed down together;
They are not able to escape the burden;
But they themselves have gone into
acaptivity.
Isa. 46
:3
46:3
Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,
And all the
aremnant of the house of Israel,
You who have been
bborne from birth,
Who have been carried from the womb,
Isa. 46
:4
46:4
Even unto old age,
aI am He;
Even unto
your gray-haired
years, I will bear
you.
I have made and I will carry,
And I will bear and deliver.
Isa. 46
:5
46:5
aTo whom will you liken Me,
And
with whom will you make
Me equal
And compare Me, that we should be
considered alike?
Isa. 46
:6
46:6
Those who lavish
agold from the purse
And weigh silver in scales
And hire a goldsmith, and he makes a god —
They bow down
and even worship
it;
Isa. 46
:7
46:7
They lift it up on their shoulder; they carry it
And set it in its place and stand it up.
It will not move from its place;
Someone even cries out to it, and it does not answer,
Nor save
him from his distress.
Isa. 46
:8
46:8
Remember this and stand fast;
Put this in your heart, O transgressors.
Isa. 46
:9
46:9
Remember the former things of old,
That I am God and there is no one else;
I am God and there is no one like Me,
Isa. 46
:10
46:10
Who declares the end from the beginning
And things which have not been done from ancient times,
Saying, My
acounsel will stand,
And all My desire I will accomplish;
Isa. 46
:11
46:11
Who calls
for a
1bird of prey from the
aeast,
And from a distant land a man
to be My counselor.
Indeed, I have spoken; surely I will bring it to pass.
I have purposed; surely I will do it.
Isa. 46
:12
46:12
Listen to Me, O hardhearted ones,
Who are far from righteousness.
Isa. 46
:13
46:13
I will bring My righteousness
anear — it is not far off;
And My salvation will not delay;
And I will give salvation in Zion,
And to Israel My glory.
