They do not know, nor do they understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see, and their hearts cannot gain understanding. No one's heart remembers, and no one has the knowledge, no one has the understanding to say, "I have burned part of the wood in the fire; yes, I have also baked upon its coals. I have roasted meat over its coals and eaten. Now should I make the other part of the wood into an abomination? Should I bow down to a block of wood?" It is as if he were eating ashes; his deceived heart misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, "This thing in my right hand a god." Think about 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. I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your rebellious deeds, and like a cloud, your sins; return to me, for I have redeemed you. Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done this; shout for joy, you depths of the earth. Break out into a shout of joy, you mountains, you forest with every tree in it; for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will show his glory in Israel. This is Yahweh says, your Redeemer, he who formed you from the womb: "I am Yahweh who made everything, who alone stretched out the heavens, who alone fashioned the earth. I who frustrate the omens of the empty talkers and who disgrace those who interpret omens; I who overturn the wisdom of the wise and make their advice foolish. I, Yahweh, who confirmed the words of his and brings to pass the predictions of his messengers, who says of Jerusalem, 'She will be inhabited,' and of the towns ofah, 'They will be built again, and I will raise up their ruins'; who says to the deep,Be dry, and I will dry up your currents.' Yahweh is the one who says of Cyrus, 'He is my shepherd, he will do my every wish; he will decree about Jerusalem, 'She will be rebuilt,' and about the temple, 'Let its foundations be laid.'"
