5 ‘With whom will you compare me or count me equal?To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?
6 Some pour out gold from their bagsand weigh out silver on the scales;they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god,and they bow down and worship it.
7 They lift it to their shoulders and carry it;they set it up in its place, and there it stands.From that spot it cannot move.Even though someone cries out to it, it cannot answer;it cannot save them from their troubles.
8 ‘Remember this, keep it in mind,take it to heart, you rebels.
9 Remember the former things, those of long ago;I am God, and there is no other;I am God, and there is none like me.
10 I make known the end from the beginning,from ancient times, what is still to come.I say, “My purpose will stand,and I will do all that I please.”
11 From the east I summon a bird of prey;from a far-off land, a man to fulfil my purpose.What I have said, that I will bring about;what I have planned, that I will do.