Isaiah 46:5-9

The Idols of Babylon and the One True God

5 s "To whom will you liken me and make me equal,
and compare me, that we may be alike?
6 t Those who lavish gold from the purse,
and weigh out silver in the scales,
hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
u then they fall down and worship!
7 v They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it,
they set it in its place, and it stands there;
w it cannot move from its place.
If one cries to it, it does not answer
or save him from his trouble.

8 "Remember this and stand firm,
recall it to mind, x you transgressors,
9 remember the former things of old;
for I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like me,

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 40:18
    To whom then will you liken God, or what likeness compare with him?
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 44:10
    Who fashions a god or casts an idol that is profitable for nothing?
  3. Cross References
    Isaiah 44:15
    Then it becomes fuel for a man. He takes a part of it and warms himself; he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Also he makes a god and worships it; he makes it an idol and falls down before it.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 45:20
    Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you survivors of the nations! They have no knowledge who carry about their wooden idols, and keep on praying to a god that cannot save.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 115:7
    They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat.
  6. Cross References
    Isaiah 43:25
    I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
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