He feeds on ashes: a deceived heart has turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? Treasury of Scripture feedeth Job 15:2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? Psalm 102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping. Proverbs 14:15 The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well to his going. Hosea 12:1 Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind: he daily increases lies and desolation... Luke 15:16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave to him. a deceived 1 Kings 22:20-23 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner... Job 15:31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompense. Hosea 4:12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declares to them: for the spirit of prostitutions has caused them to err... Romans 1:20-22,28 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made... 2 Thessalonians 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 2 Timothy 2:13 If we believe not, yet he stays faithful: he cannot deny himself. Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world... Revelation 13:14 And deceives them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast... Revelation 18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in you... Revelation 20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, that he should deceive the nations no more... is there Isaiah 28:15-17 Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement... Jeremiah 16:19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come to you from the ends of the earth... Habakkuk 2:18 What profits the graven image that the maker thereof has graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies... 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders... 1 Timothy 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
Context The Folly of Idolatry
9They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. 10Who has formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing? 11Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. 12The smith with the tongs both works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with the strength of his arms: yes, he is hungry, and his strength fails: he drinks no water, and is faint. 13The carpenter stretches out his rule; he marks it out with a line; he fits it with planes, and he marks it out with the compass, and makes it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. 14He hews him down cedars, and takes the cypress and the oak, which he strengthens for himself among the trees of the forest: he plants an ash, and the rain does nourish it. 15Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yes, he kindles it, and bakes bread; yes, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it a graven image, and falls down thereto. 16He burns part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eats flesh; he roasts roast, and is satisfied: yes, he warms himself, and said, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire: 17And the residue thereof he makes a god, even his graven image: he falls down to it, and worships it, and prays to it, and said, Deliver me; for you are my god. 18They have not known nor understood: for he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. 19And none considers in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yes, also I have baked bread on the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? 20He feeds on ashes: a deceived heart has turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? Parallel Verses American Standard Version
He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Part thereof is ashes: his foolish heart adoreth it, and he will not save his soul, nor say: Perhaps there is a lie in my right hand.
Darby Bible Translation
He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
King James Bible
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Young's Literal Translation
Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, It hath turned him aside, And he delivereth not his soul, nor saith: 'Is there not a lie in my right hand?'
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