1. Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over; Their images are consigned to the beasts and the cattle. The things that you carry are burdensome, A load for the weary beast.
2. They stooped over, they have bowed down together; They could not rescue the burden, But have themselves gone into captivity.
3. "Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, You who have been borne by Me from birth And have been carried from the womb;
4. Even to your old age I will be the same, And even to your graying years I will bear you! I have done it, and I will carry you; And I will bear you and I will deliver you.
5. "To whom would you liken Me And make Me equal and compare Me, That we would be alike?