Isaiah 44:18-20

Common English Bible

¹⁸ They don’t know or comprehend,
    for their eyes can’t see
    and their minds can’t comprehend.
¹⁹ He doesn’t think,
    and has no knowledge or understanding to think:
Half of it I burned in the fire,
    and I baked bread on its coals,
    and roasted meat and ate.
Should I make the rest into something detestable?
    Should I bow down to a block of wood?
²⁰ He’s feeding on ashes;
    his deluded mind has led him astray.
He can’t save himself and say,
    “Isn’t this thing in my hand a lie?”