^aBel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a ^bburden to the weary beast.

 2 ^aThey stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.

 3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the ^aremnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:

 4 And even to your ^aold age I am he; and even to ^bhoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will ^ccarry, and will ^ddeliver you.

 5 To whom will ye ^aliken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

 6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they ^aworship.

 7 They ^abear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall ^bcry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

 8 Remember this, and shew yourselves ^amen: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.

 9 ^aRemember the ^bformer things of old: for ^cI am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is ^dnone like me,

 10 ^aDeclaring the ^bend from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My ^ccounsel shall stand, and I will do all my ^dpleasure:

 11 Calling a ^aravenous bird from the ^beast, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have ^cspoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

 12 Hearken unto me, ye ^astouthearted, that are far from righteousness:

 13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my ^asalvation shall not ^btarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.