Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes. 2 A deceived heart has turned him aside; 2 and he can’t deliver his soul, 2 nor say, “Is not there a lie in my right hand?” 1

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In The King James Version

He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

In Context

19No one thinks, 2 neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, 2 “I have burned part of it in the fire. 2 Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals. 2 I have roasted meat and eaten it. 2 Shall I make the rest of it into an abomination? 2 Shall I bow down to a tree trunk?” 1

21Remember these things, Jacob [Supplanter] and Israel [God prevails]; 2 for you are my servant. 2 I have formed you. 2 You are my servant. 2 Israel [God prevails], you will not be forgotten by me. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 15:14The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, 2 but the mouths of fools feed on folly. 1

Isaiah 59:3For your hands are defiled with blood, 2 and your fingers with depravity (moral evil). 1 Your lips have spoken lies. 2 Your tongue mutters wickedness. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 44:10-21

The Folly of Idolatry. ( b. c. 708.) 9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. 10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing? 11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. 12 The smith with the… Read the whole commentary →

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