Isaiah 44:19

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

No one comes to his senses; no one has the perception or insight to say, ‘I burned half of it in the fire, I also baked bread on its coals, I roasted meat and ate. Should I make something detestable  with the rest of it? Should I bow down to a block of wood? ’

Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:15

“The person who makes a carved idol or cast image, which is detestable to the Lord, the work of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret is cursed.” And all the people will reply, “Amen! ”

1 Kings 11:7

At that time, Solomon built a high place  for Chemosh,  the abhorrent idol of Moab, and for Milcom,  , the abhorrent idol of the Ammonites, on the hill opposite Jerusalem.

1 Kings 11:5

Solomon followed Ashtoreth,  the goddess of the Sidonians, and Milcom,  the abhorrent idol of the Ammonites.

Hosea 7:2

But they never consider that I remember all their evil. Now their actions are all around them; they are right in front of my face.

Ezekiel 40:4

He spoke to me: ‘Son of man, look with your eyes, listen with your ears,  and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for you have been brought here so that I might show it to you. Report everything you see to the house of Israel.’

Isaiah 45:20

‘Come, gather together, and approach, you fugitives of the nations. Those who carry their wooden idols and pray to a god who cannot save have no knowledge.

Isaiah 5:13

Therefore my people will go into exile because they lack knowledge; her  dignitaries are starving, and her masses are parched with thirst.

2 Kings 23:13

The king also defiled the high places that were opposite Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Destruction, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth, the abhorrent idol of the Sidonians; for Chemosh, the abhorrent idol of Moab; and for Milcom, the detestable idol of the Ammonites.

Deuteronomy 32:46

he said to them, ‘Take to heart all these words I am giving as a warning to you today,  so that you may command your children to follow all the words of this law carefully.

Exodus 7:23

Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and didn’t take even this to heart.

Haggai 1:5

Now, the Lord of Armies says this: ‘Think carefully  about  your ways:

Isaiah 46:8

‘Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors!

2 Kings 23:14

He broke the sacred pillars into pieces,  cut down the Asherah poles,  then filled their places with human bones.

Isaiah 44:18

Such people  do not comprehend and cannot understand, for he has shut their eyes  so that they cannot see, and their minds so that they cannot understand.

Isaiah 66:3

One person slaughters an ox, another kills a person; one person sacrifices a lamb, another breaks a dog’s neck; one person offers a grain offering, another offers pig’s blood; one person offers incense, another praises an idol – all these have chosen their ways and delight in their abhorrent practices.

Hosea 4:12

My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of promiscuity leads them astray; they act promiscuously in disobedience to   their God.