Isaiah 44:18-20 ▼

18 They don't realize; they don't understand, because their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their minds, too, so they cannot understand.

19 No one stops to think. No one has the knowledge or understanding to think—yes to think!— |Half of it I burned in the fire. I even baked bread on its coals, and I roasted meat and ate it. And am I about to make detestable things from what is left? Am I about to bow down to blocks of wood?|

20 He tends ashes. A deceived mind has lead him astray. It cannot be his life, nor can he say, |There's a lie in my right hand.|