19. No one stops to think,no one has the knowledge or understanding to say,‘Half of it I used for fuel;I even baked bread over its coals,I roasted meat and I ate.Shall I make a detestable thing from what is left?Shall I bow down to a block of wood?’
20. Such a person feeds on ashes; a deluded heart misleads him;he cannot save himself, or say,‘Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?’
21. ‘Remember these things, Jacob,for you, Israel, are my servant.I have made you, you are my servant;Israel, I will not forget you.
22. I have swept away your offences like a cloud,your sins like the morning mist.Return to me,for I have redeemed you.’