1 Bel bows down.Nebo stoops.Their idols are carried by animals,and on the livestock.The things that you carried around are heavy loads,a burden for the weary.
2 They stoop and they bow down together.They could not deliver the burden,but they have gone into captivity.
3 “Listen to me, house of Jacob,and all the remnant of the house of Israel,that have been carried from their birth,that have been carried from the womb.
4 Even to old age I am he,and even to gray hairs I will carry you.I have made, and I will bear.Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.
5 “To whom will you compare me, and consider my equal,and compare me, as if we were the same?