5 "Who will you compare me to? Who is equal to me? What am I like? Who can you compare me to?
6 Some people pour gold out of their bags. They weigh out silver on the scales. They hire someone who works with gold to make it into a god. They bow down to it and worship it.
7 They lift it up on their shoulders and carry it. They set it up in its place. And there it stands. It can't move from that spot. Someone might cry out to it. But it does not answer him. It can't save him from his troubles.
8 So remember that, you who refuse to obey me. Keep it in your minds and hearts.
9 "Remember what happened in the past. Think about what took place long ago. I am God. There is no other God. I am God. There is no one like me.
10 Before something even happens, I announce how it will end. In fact, from times long ago I announced what was still to come. I say, 'My plan will succeed. I will do anything I want to do.'
11 I will send for a man from the east to carry out my plan. From a land far away, he will come like a bird that eats dead bodies. I will bring about what I have said. I will do what I have planned.