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17 And the rest of it he makes into a god. To blocks[a] of wood he bows down, worships, prays, and says, “Save me, since you are my god.”

18 They don’t realize; they don’t understand, because their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their minds, too, so they cannot understand. 19 No one stops to think. No one has the knowledge or understanding to think—yes to think!—[b]“Half of it I burned in the fire. I even baked bread on its coals, and[c] I roasted meat and ate it. And[d] am I about to make detestable things[e] from what is left? Am I about to bow down to blocks[f] of wood?”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 44:17 Or to his Baals (i.e. to Canaanite deities); so 1QIsaa copyist error; MT LXX read god, for his idol
  2. Isaiah 44:19 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks —yes to think!—
  3. Isaiah 44:19 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks and
  4. Isaiah 44:19 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsab lacks And
  5. Isaiah 44:19 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsab MT LXX read make a detestable thing
  6. Isaiah 44:19 So 1QIsaa; MT reads to a block