Isaiah 44:18-20

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁸ They have not known or understood. For God has shut their eyes so that they cannot see, their heart so that they cannot understand.

¹⁹ And no one considers in his heart, nor is there knowledge or understanding to say, “I have burnt half of it in the fire and have also baked bread upon its coals. I have roasted its flesh and eaten it. And shall I make its remains an abomination? Shall I bow to the stock of a tree?”

²⁰ He feeds on ashes. A seduced heart has deceived him, so that he cannot deliver his soul or say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”