de Sociedad Bíblica Iberoamericana1¡Bel se postra, Nebo se abate! Sus ídolos son puestos sobre las bestias, Y las estatuas que les cargan en andas, Son una carga abrumadora.2Se abaten y se postran a una: No pudieron librar de la carga, Y ellos mismos van en cautiverio.3Escuchadme, oh casa de Jacob, Remanente todo de la casa de Israel, Que desde el nacimiento sois cargados por mí, Llevados desde la matriz.4Hasta vuestra vejez Yo seré el mismo, Y hasta la ancianidad cargaré con vosotros. Yo lo he hecho, y os seguiré llevando; Yo cargaré con vosotros y os salvaré.5¿A quién me asemejaréis, me igualaréis, O me compararéis, para que seamos semejantes?6Sacan oro de la bolsa, pesan plata en la balanza, Contratan a un orfebre que haga de ello un dios, Se postran y lo adoran,7Se lo cargan a hombros, lo transportan; Donde lo ponen, allí se queda, No se mueve de su sitio; Por mucho que le clamen, no responde, Ni los libra de la tribulación.8Recordadlo y meditadlo, Oh rebeldes, tenedlo en vuestro corazón,9Recordando de las cosas pasadas predichas: Yo soy Dios, y no hay otro, No hay otro Dios semejante a mí,10Que desde el principio anuncio el fin, Y desde antiguo cosas que no estaban hechas, Que digo: Mi designio se cumplirá y haré todo mi deseo;11Que del oriente llamo al ave de rapiña, De una tierra lejana al varón de mi propósito; Yo hablé, eso hará que suceda, Lo que me he propuesto, eso haré.12Escuchadme, duros de corazón, Que estáis lejos de la justicia.13Próxima está mi justicia, no está lejos, Mi salvación no tardará; Pondré salvación en Sión, Y en Israel mi gloria.
Isaías 46
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1Bel 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 .2They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.3Hearken 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:4And 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 .5To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?6They 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.7They 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.8Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.9Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,10Declaring 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:11Calling 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.12Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:13I 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.