Isaiah 44:19
And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
Context
This verse from Isaiah Chapter 44 connects to 10 cross-references. Polemical satire against idolatry: a craftsman cuts down a tree, uses half to warm himself and bake bread, and makes the other half into a god before which he bows. No one stops to consider — 'Shall I bow down …
Other Translations
And none calleth to mind, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
And none doth turn <FI>it<Fi> back unto his heart, Nor hath knowledge nor understanding to say, `Half of it I have burned in the fire, Yea, also, I have baked bread over its coals, I roast flesh and I eat, And its remnant for an abomination I make, To the stock of a tree I fall down.'
And no one takes note, no one has enough knowledge or wisdom to say, I have put part of it in the fire, and made bread on it; I have had a meal of the flesh cooked with it: and am I now to make the rest of it into a false god? am I to go down on my face before a bit of wood?
Cross References
And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.
And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which …
Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the …
Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, …
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which …
Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.
Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set …
Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their …
And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set …