¹⁸ They know nothing, they understand^(A) nothing;
    their eyes^(B) are plastered over so they cannot see,
    and their minds closed so they cannot understand.
¹⁹ No one stops to think,
    no one has the knowledge or understanding^(C) to say,
“Half of it I used for fuel;^(D)
    I even baked bread over its coals,
    I roasted meat and I ate.
Shall I make a detestable^(E) thing from what is left?
    Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”^(F)

“From now on I will tell you of new things,^(C)
    of hidden things unknown to you.
⁷ They are created^(D) now, and not long ago;^(E)
    you have not heard of them before today.
So you cannot say,
    ‘Yes, I knew^(F) of them.’