Old Age with and Without God
J. R. Macduff, D. D. Isaiah 46:4 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… Old age without God — it is the picture of querulousness, discontent, fretfulness, gloom! Old age with God — it is love, joy, peace, gentleness, goodness. Old age without God — it is graphically described, in this chapter, as the overturn of all worldly pride and glory — "Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth"; it is the spoliation of the earthly temple, the pillage of everything that ministered to earth's ephemeral happiness. Old age with God — it can stand with the prophet, even in the midst of catastrophe and ruin and death, claiming as its own the sustaining words, "Even to your old age I am He," &c. (J. R. Macduff, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. WEB: and even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry, and will deliver.