Isaiah 44:17-19

New English Translation

¹⁷ With the rest of it he makes a god, his idol;
he bows down to it and worships it.
He prays to it, saying,
‘Rescue me, for you are my god!’
¹⁸ They do not comprehend or understand,
for their eyes are blind and cannot see;
their minds do not discern.^[a]
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?’^[b]