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³ "Listen^(e) to me, you descendants of Jacob,
    all the remnant^(f) of the people of Israel,
you whom I have upheld since your birth,^(g)
    and have carried^(h) since you were born.^(i)
4 Even to your old age and gray hairs^(j)
    I am he,^(k) I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
    I will sustain^(l) you and I will rescue you.

⁵ "With whom will you compare me or count me equal?
    To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?^(m)
6 Some pour out gold from their bags
    and weigh out silver on the scales;
they hire a goldsmith⁽ⁿ⁾ to make it into a god,
    and they bow down and worship it.^(o)
7 They lift it to their shoulders and carry^(p) it;
    they set it up in its place, and there it stands.
    From that spot it cannot move.^(q)
Even though someone cries out to it, it cannot answer;^(r)
    it cannot save^(s) them from their troubles.

⁸ "Remember^(t) this, keep it in mind,
    take it to heart, you rebels.^(u)
9 Remember the former things,^(v) those of long ago;^(w)
    I am God, and there is no other;
    I am God, and there is none like me.^(x)
10 I make known the end from the beginning,^(y)
    from ancient times,^(z) what is still to come.^(aa)
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,^(ab)
    and I will do all that I please.'
¹¹ From the east I summon^(ac) a bird of prey;^(ad)
    from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
    what I have planned,^(ae) that I will do.^(af)
12 Listen^(ag) to me, you stubborn-hearted,^(ah)
    you who are now far from my righteousness.^(ai)
13 I am bringing my righteousness^(aj) near,
    it is not far away;
    and my salvation^(ak) will not be delayed.
I will grant salvation to Zion,^(al)
    my splendor^(am) to Israel.