Isaiah 46:4

I will be your God, and I will carry you for many years, until it is as though [MET] your nation is an old man with gray hair. I caused you to become a nation, and I will sustain you and rescue you.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

In Context

3Yahweh says, “You descendants of Jacob who were exiled, I am not like the gods of Babylonia that must be carried; instead, it is as though I have carried you since you first became a nation [MET]. I carried you even before you became a nation.

5There is certainly [RHQ] no one to whom I can be compared. There is [RHQ] no one who is equal to me [DOU].

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Cross References

Psalms 48:14Say to them, “This is the city that belongs to our God, the one who lives forever; he will guide us all of our lives.”

Psalms 71:18And now, God, when I am old and my hair is gray, do not abandon me. Stay with me while I continue to proclaim to my children and grandchildren [HYP] that you are very powerful!

Psalms 102:26The earth and the heavens/sky will disappear, but you will remain. They will wear out like clothes wear out. You will get rid of them like people get rid of old clothes, and they will no longer exist,

Isaiah 43:13I am God, the one who has existed forever and who will exist forever; no one can snatch people from my hand, and no one can alter/change what I have done.”

Malachi 2:16Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong, says, “I hate divorce!” So if you men divorce your wives, you are overwhelming them by being cruel to them. So be sure that you are ◄not disloyal/remain united► to your wives. That is what the Commander of the armies of angels says.

Romans 11:29He still loves them, because he never changed his mind about the privileges/blessings he gave to them and about his choosing them to be his people.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 46:2-5

The Folly of Idolatry. ( b. c. 708.) 1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast. 2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. 3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: 4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar… Read the whole commentary →

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