Isaiah Chapter 46

God’s judgements on Babylon and Chaldea

46:1 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops, their idols were on the animals, and on the cattle: your carriages were heavily loaded; they are a burden to the weary animal.
46:22 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
46:3 listen to me, O house of Jacobיַעֲקֹב
(/ˈdʒeɪkəb/; Modern: Yaʿaqōv (help·info), Tiberian: Yaʿăqōḇ; Arabic: يَعْقُوب, romanized: Yaʿqūb; Greek: Ἰακώβ, romanized: Iakṓb) the name Yaʿaqōv יעקב is derived from ʿaqev עָקֵב “heel”, as Jacob (later called Israel) was born grasping the heel of his twin brother Esau. for more info click here
, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
46:4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to gray hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
46:5 To whom will ya’ll compare me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
46:6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it an El אֵל
‎Transliteration:ēl Pronunciation:ale — masculine noun — God, god-like one, mighty one occurs 245 times in 235 verses in the WLC Hebrew click here
: they fall down, yea, they worship.
46:7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he stands; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
46:8 Remember this, and show yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ya’ll transgressors.
46:9 Remember the former things of old: because I am EL אֵל
‎Transliteration:ēl Pronunciation:ale — masculine noun — God, god-like one, mighty one occurs 245 times in 235 verses in the WLC Hebrew click here
, and there is no one else; [I am] Elohimאֱלֹהִים
romanized: ʾĔlōhīm: [(ʔ)eloˈ(h)im]), the plural of אֱלוֹהַּ‎ (ʾĔlōah), is a Hebrew word meaning “gods”. Although the word is plural, in the Hebrew Bible it most often takes singular verbal or pronominal agreement and refers to a single deity particularly the God of Israel In other verses it refers to the singular gods of other nations or to deities in the plural A name for GOD — God The Creator. For more info click here
, and there is no one like me,
46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
46:11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executes my counsel from a far country: yes, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
46:12 listen to me, ya’ll stouthearted, that are far from righteousnessמִצְּדָקָה‎
Pronunciation:miṣṣᵊḏāqâ For more info click here
:
46:13 I bring near my righteousnessצִדְקָתִי‎
Pronunciation:ṣiḏqāṯî For more info click here
; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zionבְצִיּוֹן
Pronounced:ḇᵊṣîyôn = “parched place” often used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole For more info click here
for Israel my majesty.

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