44:18 They do not comprehend or understand,
for their eyes are blind and cannot see;
their minds do not discern.
44:19 No one thinks to himself,
nor do they comprehend or understand and say to themselves:
‘I burned half of it in the fire –
yes, I baked bread over the coals;
I roasted meat and ate it.
With the rest of it should I make a disgusting idol?
Should I bow down to dry wood?’
44:20 He feeds on ashes;
his deceived mind misleads him.
He cannot rescue himself,
nor does he say, ‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’
44:21 Remember these things, O Jacob,
O Israel, for you are my servant.
I formed you to be my servant;
O Israel, I will not forget you!
32:29 I wish that they were wise and could understand this,
and that they could comprehend what will happen to them.”
115:8 Those who make them will end up
as will everyone who trusts in them.
135:18 Those who make them will end up
as will everyone who trusts in them.
10:8 The people of those nations
Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless!
10:1 You people of Israel,
1:20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself by making peace through the blood of his cross – through him,