Isaiah 46:8 — Meaning and Application

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“Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring {it} again to mind, O ye transgressors.”

Isaiah 46:8

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

They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, {one} shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring {it} again to mind, O ye transgressors.

Remember the former things of old: for I {am} God, and {there is} none else; {I am} God, and {there is} none like me,

Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times {the things} that are not {yet} done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

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Isaiah 46:1

"Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages {were} heavy loaden; {they are} a burden to the weary {beast}."

Isaiah 46:2

"They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. {themselves: Heb. their soul}"

Isaiah 46:3

"Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne {by me} from the belly, which are carried from the womb:"

Isaiah 46:4

"And {even} to {your} old age I {am} he; and {even} to hoar hairs will I carry {you}: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver {you}."

Isaiah 46:5

"To whom will ye liken me, and make {me} equal, and compare me, that we may be like?"

Isaiah 46:6

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

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