Isaiah 44:16

Easy To Read Version

The man burns half of the wood in the fire. The man uses the fire to cook his meat and eats the meat until he is full. The man burns the wood to keep himself warm. The man says, “Good! Now I am warm, and I can see because there is light from the fire.”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:19

Those officers said bad things against the gods the people of the world worshiped. Those gods are only things people made with their hands. In the same way, those officers said the same bad things against the God of Jerusalem.

Job 39:14

An ostrich lays her eggs on the ground\par and they become warm in the sand.\par

Isaiah 44:15

Then that man uses the tree to burn in his fire. The man cuts the tree into small pieces of wood. And he uses the wood to cook and keep him warm. The man starts a fire with some of the wood and bakes his bread. But the man still uses part of that wood to make a god—and the man worships that god! That god is a statue that the man made—but the man bows down before the statue!

Isaiah 44:17

But a little wood is left, so the man makes a statue from that wood and calls it his god. He bows down before this god and worships it. The man prays to the god and says, “You are my god, save me!”

Isaiah 47:14

“But those men will not even be able\par to save themselves.\par They will burn like straw.\par They will burn so fast that\par there will be no coals left\par to cook bread with.\par There will be no fire left to sit by.\par