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Isaiah 46:3–5

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¶ 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:
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.
¶ To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
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From verse 3

  1. Deuteronomy 1:31Rank 1 from verse 3
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    31And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.

  2. Isaiah 51:7Rank 2 from verse 3
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    7¶ Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

  3. Isaiah 51:1Rank 3 from verse 3
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    1HEARKEN to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.

  4. Psalms 71:6Rank 4 from verse 3
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    6By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.

  5. Deuteronomy 32:11–12Rank 5 from verse 3
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    11As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:

    12So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.

  6. Exodus 19:4Rank 6 from verse 3
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    4Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.

  7. Isaiah 1:9Rank 7 from verse 3
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    9Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

  8. Isaiah 10:22Rank 8 from verse 3
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    22For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

  9. Isaiah 44:1–2Rank 9 from verse 3
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    1YET now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:

    2Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.

  10. Isaiah 48:1Rank 10 from verse 3
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    1HEAR ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.

  11. Isaiah 49:1–2Rank 11 from verse 3
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    1LISTEN, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

    2And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;

  12. Psalms 22:9–10Rank 12 from verse 3
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    9But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.

    10I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.

  13. Isaiah 11:11Rank 13 from verse 3
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    11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

  14. Isaiah 37:4Rank 14 from verse 3
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    4It may be the Lord thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.

  15. Isaiah 46:12Rank 15 from verse 3
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    12¶ Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:

  16. Psalms 81:8–13Rank 16 from verse 3
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    8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

    9There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

    10I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

    11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

    12So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

    13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

  17. Ezekiel 16:6–16Rank 17 from verse 3
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    6¶ And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.

    7I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.

    8Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine.

    9Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.

    10I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.

    11I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.

    12And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.

    13Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.

    14And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord God.

    15¶ But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.

    16And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.

  18. Isaiah 44:21Rank 18 from verse 3
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    21¶ Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.

  19. Isaiah 48:17–18Rank 19 from verse 3
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    17Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

    18O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

  20. Isaiah 63:9Rank 20 from verse 3
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    9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

From verse 4

  1. Psalms 71:18Rank 1 from verse 4
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    18Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

  2. Psalms 48:14Rank 2 from verse 4
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    14For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

  3. Hebrews 13:8Rank 3 from verse 4
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    8Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

  4. Psalms 92:14Rank 4 from verse 4
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    14They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

  5. James 1:17Rank 5 from verse 4
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    17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

  6. Psalms 102:26–27Rank 6 from verse 4
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    26They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

    27But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

  7. Hebrews 1:12Rank 7 from verse 4
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    12And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

  8. Romans 11:29Rank 8 from verse 4
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    29For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

  9. Isaiah 41:4Rank 9 from verse 4
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    4Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.

  10. Malachi 3:6Rank 10 from verse 4
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    6For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

  11. Isaiah 43:25Rank 11 from verse 4
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    25I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

  12. Isaiah 43:13Rank 12 from verse 4
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    13Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?

  13. Malachi 2:16Rank 13 from verse 4
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    16For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

From verse 5

  1. Isaiah 40:18Rank 1 from verse 5
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    18¶ To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

  2. Isaiah 40:25Rank 2 from verse 5
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    25To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.

  3. Psalms 89:6Rank 3 from verse 5
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    6For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord?

  4. Colossians 1:15Rank 4 from verse 5
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    15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

  5. Exodus 15:11Rank 5 from verse 5
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    11Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

  6. Jeremiah 10:16Rank 6 from verse 5
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    16The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The Lord of hosts is his name.

  7. Jeremiah 10:6–7Rank 7 from verse 5
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    6Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

    7Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

  8. Philippians 2:6Rank 8 from verse 5
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    6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

  9. Psalms 113:5Rank 9 from verse 5
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    5Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high,

  10. Psalms 86:8Rank 10 from verse 5
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    8Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.

  11. Psalms 89:8Rank 11 from verse 5
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    8O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?

  12. Hebrews 1:3Rank 12 from verse 5
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    3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

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DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 46:3

COMBINED MEANING

hearken

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1. To listen attentively or give heed. 2. To give regard, consent, or act in response.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

borne

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1. Carried, supported, conveyed, or sustained. 2. Endured or suffered. 3. Brought forth as offspring. 4. Bore or possessed a likeness. 5. Given testimony.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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carried

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Past-tense or past-participial form of carry (to bear, convey, support, or take from one place to another).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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womb

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Sense 1: The bodily place in a female where a child is conceived and carried before birth. Sense 2: A source pictured as such a place.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 46:4

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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old

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1. Advanced in age or existing for a long time. 2. Of the stated or specified age. 3. Ancient, former, previous, or worn.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

age

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Sense 1: A period of life or history; the length or stage of one's life. Sense 2: A generation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

carry

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To bear, convey, support, lead, or transport from one place to another.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

bear

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Sense 1: To carry, support, convey, endure, sustain, or be answerable for. Sense 2: To produce or bring forth offspring, fruit, or another result. Sense 3: In ‘bear witness’ or ‘bear record,’ to testify or give witness. Sense 4: A large wild animal.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

deliver

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Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 46:5

COMBINED MEANING

whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

liken

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To compare, represent, describe, or treat a person or thing as like, similar, equal, or corresponding to another.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

equal

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Sense 1: The same in measure, value, standing, or likeness. Sense 2: Just, right, or even.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

compare

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To examine together, liken, or set one thing beside another to show likeness or difference.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

like

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Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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46:3¶ 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:

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46:4And 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.

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46:5¶ To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

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46:6They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.

46:7They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

46:8Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.

46:9Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,

46:10Declaring 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:

46:11Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

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