“He feeds on ashes.A deceived heart has turned him aside;and he can’t deliver his soul,nor say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”
Isaiah 44:20 (WEB)
Context Reading
18They don’t know, neither do they consider,for he has shut their eyes, that they can’t see,and their hearts, that they can’t understand. 19No one thinks,neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say,“I have burned part of it in the fire.Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals.I have roasted meat and eaten it.Shall I make the rest of it into an abomination?Shall I bow down to a tree trunk?” 20He feeds on ashes.A deceived heart has turned him aside;and he can’t deliver his soul,nor say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?” 21Remember these things, Jacob and Israel,for you are my servant.I have formed you.You are my servant.Israel, you will not be forgotten by me. 22I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions,and, as a cloud, your sins.Return to me, for I have redeemed you.