1Bel sinketh down; Nebo falleth; Their images are laid upon beasts and cattle; Those that ye once bore are packed upon them; A burden to the weary beast!

stylus

Jeremiah 51:44, Isaiah 21:9, Jeremiah 51:44, Isaiah 21:9, Jeremiah 50:2

2They sink down; they fall together; They cannot rescue the burden; They themselves go into captivity.

stylus

Jeremiah 48:7, Jeremiah 48:7, Judges 18:17, Judges 18:18, Judges 18:17

3Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel; Ye that have been borne by me from your birth, That have been carried by me from your earliest breath!

stylus

Deuteronomy 1:31, Deuteronomy 1:31, Isaiah 51:7, Isaiah 51:7, Psalms 71:6

4Even to your old age I am the same; Even to hoar hairs I will carry you; I have done it, and I will still bear you; I will carry, and will deliver you.

stylus

Psalms 71:18, Psalms 71:18, Psalms 48:14, Psalms 48:14, Hebrews 13:8

5To whom will ye liken me, and compare me? Yea, to whom will ye compare me, that we may be like?

stylus

Isaiah 40:18, Isaiah 40:18, Isaiah 40:25, Isaiah 40:25, Psalms 89:6

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

stylus

Acts 17:29, Acts 17:29, Isaiah 40:19, Isaiah 40:20, Isaiah 40:19

7They lift him upon the shoulder, and carry him; They set him in his place, and there he standeth; From his place he moveth not; Yea, one may cry to him, yet doth he not answer, Nor save him out of his distress.

stylus

Isaiah 45:20, Isaiah 45:20, Jeremiah 10:5, Jeremiah 10:5, Isaiah 46:1

8Remember these things, and show yourselves men; Lay them to heart, ye apostates!

stylus

Haggai 1:5, Isaiah 44:18, Isaiah 44:21, Isaiah 47:7, Haggai 1:7

9Remember the former things in ancient times! For I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me.

stylus

Psalms 111:4, Isaiah 42:9, Psalms 111:4, Isaiah 42:9, Isaiah 46:5

10Declaring the end from the beginning; From ancient times the things that were not yet done; Saying, My purpose shall stand, And I will do all my pleasure;

stylus

Proverbs 19:21, Proverbs 19:21, Psalms 33:11, Psalms 33:11, Ephesians 1:9

11Calling from the East the eagle, The man that executeth my purpose from a far country; I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

stylus

Numbers 23:19, Numbers 23:19, Isaiah 14:24, Isaiah 14:27, Isaiah 14:24

12Hearken to me, ye stubborn-hearted, That are far from deliverance!

stylus

Jeremiah 2:5, Jeremiah 2:5, Isaiah 46:3, Psalms 119:150, Isaiah 46:3

13I have brought near my deliverance; it is not far off; My salvation shall not tarry; I will give to Zion salvation, To Israel, my glory.

stylus

Isaiah 61:3, Isaiah 62:11, Isaiah 12:2, Isaiah 61:3, Isaiah 62:11