Isaiah 44:16

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Half of it he burns in the fire; over this half he roasts meat, eats it, and is satisfied. He also warms himself and says, “Ah, I am warm by the fire!”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:19

They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as if he were like the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of human hands.

Job 39:14

For it leaves its eggs to the earth and lets them be warmed on the ground,

Isaiah 44:15

Then it can be used as fuel. Part of it he takes and warms himself; he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Then he makes a god and worships it, makes it a carved image and bows down before it.

Isaiah 44:17

The rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, bows down to it and worships it; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god!”

Isaiah 47:14

See, they are like stubble; the fire consumes them; they cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. No coal for warming oneself is this, no fire to sit before!