18 They do not know nor understand;For He has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see,And their hearts, so that they cannot understand.
19 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?”
20 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?”
21 “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!
22 I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions,And like a cloud, your sins.Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”
23 Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it!Shout, you lower parts of the earth;Break forth into singing, you mountains,O forest, and every tree in it!For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,And glorified Himself in Israel.
24 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,And He who formed you from the womb:“I am the Lord, who makes all things,Who stretches out the heavens all alone,Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself;