Fall of Babylon

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

Today’s Reading

Isaiah 46

Babylon’s Idols and the LORD

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.

2 They stoop, they bow down together;

they could not deliver the burden,

but themselves are gone into captivity.

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:

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.

5 To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal,

and compare me, that we may be like?

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.

7 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.

8 Remember this, and shew yourselves men:

bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.

9 Remember the former things of old:

for I am God, and there is none else;

I am God, and there is none like me,

10 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:

11 calling a ravenous bird from the east,

the man that executeth my counsel from a far country:

yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass;

I have purposed it, I will also do it.

12 Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted,

that are far from righteousness:

13 I bring near my righteousness;

it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry:

and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.