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Isaiah 46:4
Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — YHWH addresses the house of Jacob and the remnant of Israel, asserting His constancy against the silent idols of Babylon who cannot bear or deliver their worshippers.
The words — סָבַל (saval, H5445), "I will carry," is the verb that anchors the verse; it appears in three forms (carry, sustain, deliver) and carries the sense of bearing a weight that cannot bear itself.
The thread — The same claim of unbroken presence into old age appears in Psalms 71:18 ("Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me") and Psalms 48:14 ("He will be our guide even till death").
Why it lands — It asks the reader to trust a promise about a future they cannot yet see, without collapsing the gap between the claim and the day it must be lived in.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- Psalms 71:18 Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
- Psalms 48:14 For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
- Psalms 92:14 In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
- Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
- James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
- Psalms 102:26 They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
- Romans 11:29 For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.
- Hebrews 1:12 You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.”
- Isaiah 41:4 Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last—I am He.”
- Malachi 3:6 “Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.