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18 They do not (A)know, nor do they understand, for He has (B)smeared over their eyes so that they cannot see and their hearts so that they will have no insight. 19 No one causes this to return to his heart, nor is there (C)knowledge or understanding to say, “I have burned half of it in the fire and also have baked bread over its coals. I roast meat and eat it. Then [a]I make the rest of it into an (D)abomination; [b]I fall down before a block of wood!” 20 He [c](E)feeds on ashes; a (F)deceived heart has turned him aside. And he cannot deliver his soul, and he cannot say, “(G)Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

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  1. Isaiah 44:19 Or shall I make...?
  2. Isaiah 44:19 Or shall I fall...?
  3. Isaiah 44:20 Or is a companion of ashes