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Then it becomes fuel for a man ;
he takes a part of it and warms himself ,
he kindles a fire and bakes bread ;
also he makes a god and worships it ,
he makes it a graven image and falls down before it .
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Half of it he burns in the fire ;
over the half he eats flesh ,
he roasts meat and is satisfied ;
also he warms himself and says , "
Aha ,
I am warm ,
I have seen the fire !"
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And the rest of it he makes into a god ,
his idol ;
and falls down to it and worships it ;
he prays to it and says , "
Deliver me ,
for thou art my god !"
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They know not ,
nor do they discern ;
for he has shut their eyes ,
so that they cannot see ,
and their minds ,
so that they cannot understand .
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No one considers ,
nor is there knowledge or discernment to say , "
Half of it I burned in the fire ,
I also baked bread on its coals ,
I roasted flesh and have eaten ;
and shall I make the residue of it an abomination ?
Shall I fall down before a block of wood ?"
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He feeds on ashes ;
a deluded mind has led him astray ,
and he cannot deliver himself or say , "
Is there not a lie in my right hand ?"