15 And it is used by men for fuel. He took from it and warmed himself. And he set it on fire and baked bread. But from the remainder, he made a god, and he adored it. He made an idol, and he bowed down before it.
16 Part of it, he burned with fire, and with part of it, he cooked meat; he boiled food and was filled. And he was warmed, and so he said: 'Ah, I am warm. I have gazed at the fire.'
17 But from its remainder, he made a god and a graven image for himself. He bowed down before it, and he adored it, and he prayed to it, saying: 'Free me! For you are my god.'
18 They have neither known nor understood. For their eyes are obscured, lest they see with their eyes and understand with their heart.
19 They do not consider in their mind, nor do they know, nor do they think to say: 'I have burned part of it in the fire, and I have baked bread upon its coals. I have cooked flesh and I have eaten. And from its remainder, should I make an idol? Should I fall prostrate before the trunk of a tree?'
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