Isaiah 44:16

Modern English Version

He burns half of it in the fire; over this half he eats meat; he roasts it and is satisfied. Also he warms himself and says, “Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire.”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:19

They spoke about the God of Jerusalem like the gods of the other peoples of the earth, which are only objects made by men’s hands.

Job 39:14

who leaves her eggs in the earth, and warms them in dust,

Isaiah 44:15

Then it shall be for a man to burn, for he will take some of it and warm himself; he kindles it and bakes bread; he also makes a god and worships it; he makes it a graven image and bows down to it.

Isaiah 44:17

And the rest he makes into a god, even his carved image. He falls down to it, and worships it, and prays to it, and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god.”

Isaiah 47:14

Behold, they shall be as stubble, the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame; it shall not be coal to be warmed by nor a fire to sit before.