1. Bĕl has bowed down, Neḇo is stooping, their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle. That which is carried is burdensome, a burden to the weary.
2. They have stooped, they have bowed down together, they were unable to deliver the burden, but they themselves went into captivity.
3. “Listen to Me, O house of Ya‛aqoḇ, and all the remnant of the house of Yisra’ĕl, who are borne from the belly, who are carried from the womb:
4. even to your old age, I am He, and even to grey hairs I carry! I have made and I bear, and I carry and rescue.
5. “To whom do you liken Me, and compare Me and make Me similar, that we should be alike?