“And no one considers in his heart, Nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned half of it in the fire, Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals; I have roasted meat and eaten it; And shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood? He feeds on ashes; A deceived heart has turned him aside; And he cannot deliver his soul, Nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? Remember these, O Jacob, And Israel, for you are My servant; I have formed you, you are My servant; O Israel, you will not be forgotten by Me! I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, And like a cloud, your sins. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”
- Isaiah 44:19-22 (NKJV)