Isaiah 44:20
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
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Study Note
The devastating description of the idol-worshipper as one who 'feedeth on ashes' and whose 'deceived heart hath turned him aside' so that 'he cannot deliver his soul' is Isaiah 44's climactic satire on idolatry. The irony is precise: the craftsman uses half a tree for fuel and half to make a god, then bows before something he himself created. Paul draws on this polemic tradition in Romans 1:21-23, describing how humanity exchanged the glory of God for images of created things. The verse raises enduring questions about how self-deception operates in religious life and what it means to 'cannot deliver his soul' — a phrase the New Testament applies to anyone trusting in what cannot save.
Andere Übersetzungen
He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, It hath turned him aside, And he delivereth not his soul, nor saith: `Is there not a lie in my right hand?'
As for him whose food is the dust of a dead fire, he has been turned from the way by a twisted mind, so that he is unable to keep himself safe by saying, What I have here in my hand is false.
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