Isaiah 44:18

Isaiah 44:18 in other translations

Isaiah 44:18 in context

1. 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.”
2. 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!”
3. 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.
4. 19No one thinks,
   neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say,
   “I have burned part of it in the fire.
   Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals.
   I have roasted meat and eaten it.
   Shall I make the rest of it into an abomination?
   Shall I bow down to a tree trunk?”
5. 20He feeds on ashes.
   A deceived heart has turned him aside;
   and he can’t deliver his soul,
   nor say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”