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Isaiah 46:3 (NLT)
“Listen to me, descendants of Jacob, all you who remain in Israel. I have cared for you since you were born. Yes, I carried you before you were born.
Isaiah 46:1 (NLT)
Bel and Nebo, the gods of Babylon, bow as they are lowered to the ground. They are being hauled away on ox carts. The poor beasts stagger under the weight.
Isaiah 46:2 (NLT)
Both the idols and their owners are bowed down. The gods cannot protect the people, and the people cannot protect the gods. They go off into captivity together.
Isaiah 46:4 (NLT)
I will be your God throughout your lifetime— until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.
Isaiah 46:5 (NLT)
“To whom will you compare me? Who is my equal?
Isaiah 46:6 (NLT)
Some people pour out their silver and gold and hire a craftsman to make a god from it. Then they bow down and worship it!
Isaiah 46:7 (NLT)
They carry it around on their shoulders, and when they set it down, it stays there. It can’t even move! And when someone prays to it, there is no answer. It can’t rescue anyone from trouble.
Isaiah 46:8 (NLT)
“Do not forget this! Keep it in mind! Remember this, you guilty ones.
Isaiah 46:9 (NLT)
Remember the things I have done in the past. For I alone am God! I am God, and there is none like me.
Isaiah 46:10 (NLT)
Only I can tell you the future before it even happens. Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish.
Isaiah 46:11 (NLT)
I will call a swift bird of prey from the east— a leader from a distant land to come and do my bidding. I have said what I would do, and I will do it.
Isaiah 46:12 (NLT)
“Listen to me, you stubborn people who are so far from doing right.
Isaiah 46:13 (NLT)
For I am ready to set things right, not in the distant future, but right now! I am ready to save Jerusalem and show my glory to Israel.
Isaiah 3:1 (NLT)
The Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, will take away from Jerusalem and Judah everything they depend on: every bit of bread and every drop of water,
Isaiah 3:2 (NLT)
all their heroes and soldiers, judges and prophets, fortune-tellers and elders,
Isaiah 3:3 (NLT)
army officers and high officials, advisers, skilled sorcerers, and astrologers.
Isaiah 3:4 (NLT)
I will make boys their leaders, and toddlers their rulers.
Isaiah 3:5 (NLT)
People will oppress each other— man against man, neighbor against neighbor. Young people will insult their elders, and vulgar people will sneer at the honorable.
Isaiah 3:6 (NLT)
In those days a man will say to his brother, “Since you have a coat, you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of ruins!”
Isaiah 3:7 (NLT)
But he will reply, “No! I can’t help. I don’t have any extra food or clothes. Don’t put me in charge!”
Isaiah 3:8 (NLT)
For Jerusalem will stumble, and Judah will fall, because they speak out against the Lord and refuse to obey him. They provoke him to his face.
Isaiah 3:9 (NLT)
The very look on their faces gives them away. They display their sin like the people of Sodom and don’t even try to hide it. They are doomed! They have brought destruction upon themselves.
Isaiah 3:10 (NLT)
Tell the godly that all will be well for them. They will enjoy the rich reward they have earned!
Isaiah 3:11 (NLT)
But the wicked are doomed, for they will get exactly what they deserve.
Isaiah 3:12 (NLT)
Childish leaders oppress my people, and women rule over them. O my people, your leaders mislead you; they send you down the wrong road.