Isaiah 44:19

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?’ ¹ 

Isaiah 58:2

58:2 They seek me day after day;

they want to know my requirements, ² 

like a nation that does what is right

and does not reject the law of their God.

They ask me for just decrees;

they want to be near God.

[44:19]  ¹ tn There is no formal interrogative sign here, but the context seems to indicate these are rhetorical questions. See GKC 473 §150.a.

[58:2]  ² tn Heb “ways” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, TEV); NLT “my laws.”