Isaiah 44:19

No one thinks, nor do they comprehend and say, 1 “I have burned part of the wood in the fire; yes, I have also baked bread upon its coals. I have roasted meat over its coals and eaten. 1 Now should I make the other part of the wood into something disgusting to worship? Should I bow down to a block of wood?” 1

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In The King James Version

And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?

In Context

18They do not know, nor do they understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see, and their hearts cannot perceive. 1

20It is as if he were eating ashes; his deceived heart misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, “This thing in my right hand is a false god.” 1

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Cross References

Exodus 7:23Then Pharaoh turned and went into his house. He did not even pay attention to this.

Deuteronomy 32:46He said to them, “Fix your mind on all the words that I have witnessed to you today, so that you may command your children to keep them, all the words of this law.

1 Kings 11:7Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the disgusting idol of Moab, on a hill east of Jerusalem, and also for Molech, the disgusting idol of the people of Ammon.

Isaiah 5:13Therefore my people have gone into captivity for lack of understanding; 1 their honored leaders go hungry, and their common people have nothing to drink. 1

Isaiah 46:8Think about these things; never ignore them, you rebels! 1

Hosea 7:2They do not realize in their hearts 1 that I remember all their evil deeds. 1 Now their deeds surround them; 1 they are before my face. 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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