4. Even to old age, I am HE, and unto hoary hairs I will carry you: It is I that have made, and I will bear, and I will carry, and will deliver.
5. To whom will ye liken me and make me equal, or compare me, that we may be like?
6. --They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance; they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god they fall down, yea, they worship.
7. They bear him on the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place; there he standeth, he doth not remove from his place: yea, one crieth unto him, and he answereth not; he saveth him not out of his trouble.
8. Remember this, and shew yourselves men; call it to mind, ye transgressors.
9. Remember the former things of old; for I am ·God and there is none else; I am God and there is none like me;
10. declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;
11. calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. Yea, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
12. Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness:
13. I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not delay; and I will give salvation in Zion, and unto Israel my glory.