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 grey 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?
6. Some pour out gold from the bag,and weigh silver in the balance.They hire a goldsmith,and he makes it a god.They fall down—yes, they worship.
7. They bear it on their shoulder.They carry it, and set it in its place, and it stands there.It cannot move from its place.Yes, one may cry to it, yet it can not answer.It cannot save him out of his trouble.
8. “Remember this, and show yourselves men.Bring it to mind again, you transgressors.
9. Remember the former things of old:for I am God, and there is no other.I am God, and there is none like me.