² They stoop;
    they bow down together.
They are not able to save the burden,
    but^[a] they themselves go^[b] in captivity.
³ “Listen to me, house of Jacob,
    and all the remnant of the house of Israel
who have been carried from the belly,
    who have been carried from the womb:
⁴ Even^[c] to your old age I am he;
    even^[d] to your advanced age I myself will support you.
I myself have made you,
    and I myself will carry you,
and I myself will support you,
    and I will save you.