Isaiah 44:16

Isaiah 44:16 in other translations

Isaiah 44:16 in context

1. 14He cuts down cedars for himself,
   and takes the cypress and the oak,
   and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest.
   He plants a cypress tree,
   and the rain nourishes it.
2. 15Then it will be for a man to burn;
   and he takes some of it, and warms himself.
   Yes, he burns it, and bakes bread.
   Yes, he makes a god, and worships it;
   he makes it a carved image, and falls down to it.
3. 16He burns part of it in the fire.
   With part of it, he eats meat.
   He roasts a roast, and is satisfied.
   Yes, he warms himself,
   and says, “Aha! I am warm. I have seen the fire.”
4. 17The rest of it he makes into a god,
   even his engraved image.
   He bows down to it and worships,
   and prays to it, and says, “Deliver me; for you are my god!”
5. 18They don’t know, neither do they consider:
   for he has shut their eyes, that they can’t see;
   and their hearts, that they can’t understand.