Isaiah 46

1Bel bows down. Nebo stoops. Their idols are carried by animals, and on the livestock. The things that you carried around are heavy loads, a burden for the weary.Cross-references: Ex 12:12 · 1Sam 5:3 · Isa 2:20 · Isa 21:9 · Isa 41:6 · Jer 10:5 · +5 more

2They stoop and they bow down together. They could not deliver the burden, but they have gone into captivity.Cross-references: Judg 18:17 · Judg 18:24 · 2Sam 5:21 · Isa 36:18 · Isa 37:12 · Isa 37:19 · +5 more

3“Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been carried from their birth, that have been carried from the womb.Cross-references: Ex 19:4 · Deut 1:31 · Deut 32:11 · Ps 22:9 · Ps 71:6 · Ps 81:8 · +14 more

4Even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear. Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.Cross-references: Ps 48:14 · Ps 71:18 · Ps 92:14 · Ps 102:26 · Isa 41:4 · Isa 43:13 · +7 more

5“To whom will you compare me, and consider my equal, and compare me, as if we were the same?Cross-references: Ex 15:11 · Ps 86:8 · Ps 89:6 · Ps 89:8 · Ps 113:5 · Isa 40:18 · +6 more

6Some 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.Cross-references: Ex 32:2 · Judg 17:3 · 1Ki 12:28 · Isa 2:8 · Isa 40:19 · Isa 41:6 · +9 more

7They bear it on their shoulder. They carry it, and set it in its place, and it stands there. It cannot move from its place. Yes, one may cry to it, yet it can not answer. It cannot save him out of his trouble.Cross-references: Judg 10:12 · 1Sam 5:3 · 1Ki 18:26 · 1Ki 18:40 · Isa 37:38 · Isa 45:20 · +6 more

8“Remember this, and show yourselves men. Bring it to mind again, you transgressors.Cross-references: Deut 32:29 · Ps 115:8 · Ps 135:18 · Isa 44:18 · Isa 47:7 · Jer 10:8 · +6 more

9Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other. I am God, and there is none like me.Cross-references: Deut 32:7 · Deut 33:26 · Neh 9:7 · Ps 78:1 · Ps 105:1 · Ps 111:4 · +9 moreExamined: Mormonism →

10I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done. I say: My counsel will stand, and I will do all that I please.Cross-references: Gen 3:15 · Gen 12:2 · Gen 49:10 · Gen 49:22 · Num 24:17 · Deut 4:24 · +18 moreExamined: Mormonism →

11I call 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 planned. I will also do it.Cross-references: Num 23:19 · Ezra 1:2 · Job 23:13 · Ps 76:10 · Ps 119:24 · Isa 13:2 · +16 more

12Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted, who are far from righteousness!Cross-references: Ps 49:1 · Ps 76:5 · Ps 119:150 · Ps 119:155 · Prov 1:22 · Prov 8:1 · +12 more

13I bring my righteousness near. It is not far off, and my salvation will not wait. I will grant salvation to Zion, my glory to Israel.Cross-references: Ps 14:7 · Ps 46:1 · Ps 46:5 · Isa 12:2 · Isa 28:16 · Isa 43:7 · +19 more