Isaiah 46:3-4

46:3 “Listen to me, O family of Jacob, ¹ 

all you who are left from the family of Israel, ² 

you who have been carried from birth, ³ 

you who have been supported from the time you left the womb. ⁴ 

46:4 Even when you are old, I will take care of you, ⁵ 

even when you have gray hair, I will carry you.

I made you and I will support you;

I will carry you and rescue you. ⁶ 

[46:3]  ¹ tn Heb “house of Jacob”; TEV “descendants of Jacob.”

[46:3]  ² tn Heb “and all the remnant of the house of Israel.”

[46:3]  ³ tn Heb “from the womb” (so NRSV); KJV “from the belly”; NAB “from your infancy.”

[46:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “who have been lifted up from the womb.”

[46:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “until old age, I am he” (NRSV similar); NLT “I will be your God throughout your lifetime.”

[46:4]  ⁶ sn Unlike the weary idol gods, whose images must be carried by animals, the Lord carries his weary people.