Isaiah 44:17-20 ▼

17 The rest of it he makes into a god, an image to worship and adore. He prays to it and says, “Help me! You are my god!”

18 They do not know, do not understand; their eyes are too clouded to see, their minds, to perceive.

19 He does not think clearly; he lacks the wit and knowledge to say, “Half the wood I burned in the fire, on its embers I baked bread, I roasted meat and ate. Shall I turn the rest into an abomination? Shall I worship a block of wood?”

20 He is chasing ashes! A deluded mind has led him astray; He cannot save himself, does not say, “This thing in my right hand—is it not a fraud?”