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19 They don't have enough sense to say to themselves, “I made a fire with half of the wood and cooked my bread and meat on it. Then I made something worthless with the other half. Why worship a block of wood?”

20 How can anyone be stupid enough to trust something that can be burned to ashes?[a] No one can save themselves like that. Don't they realize that the idols they hold in their hands are not really gods?

The Lord Won't Forget His People

21 People of Israel,
you are my servant,
    so remember all of this.
Israel, I created you,
and you are my servant.
    I won't forget you.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 44.20 How … ashes: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  2. 44.21 I won't forget you: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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