Isaiah 44:18-20

EasyEnglish Bible

¹⁸ People like that are stupid. They do not understand anything. They cannot see the truth, as if they are blind. Their minds cannot think properly. ¹⁹ None of them think carefully about what they are doing. They do not say to themselves, ‘I burned half of the wood in the fire. I even baked bread and I cooked meat on it. It gave me food to eat. Then I used the rest of the wood to make a useless idol! I took a piece of wood and I worshipped it! Why did I do that?’

²⁰ Someone like that is stupid enough to eat ashes. His mind has deceived him. He cannot save himself from his lies. He will not say to himself, ‘This thing that I hold in my right hand is completely false!’