{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/isaiah/46","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:19:23.735Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":46,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":45,"nextChapter":47,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; their idols are on the animals, and on the livestock: the things that you carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary [animal]."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"|Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been borne [by me] from their birth, that have been carried from the womb;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"and even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry, and will deliver."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"|To whom will you liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They fall down—yes, they worship."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it stands, from its place it shall not move: yes, one may cry to it, yet it can not answer, nor save him out of his trouble."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"|Remember this, and show yourselves men; bring it again to mind, you transgressors."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; [I am] God, and there is none like me;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not [yet] done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yes, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Listen to me, you stout-hearted, who are far from righteousness:"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"I bring near my righteousness, it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not wait; and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 46 (WEB)","markdown":"[Isaiah 46](https://primebible.com/web/isaiah/46)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/isaiah/46 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}