It makes as much sense as eating ashes. His foolish ideas have so misled him that he is beyond help. He won't admit to himself that the idol he holds in his hand is not a god at all.

Why spend money on what does not satisfy? Why spend your wages and still be hungry? Listen to me and do what I say, and you will enjoy the best food of all.

People who once ate the finest foods die starving in the streets; those raised in luxury are pawing through garbage for food.

Everything that the people of Israel do from morning to night is useless and destructive. Treachery and acts of violence increase among them. They make treaties with Assyria and do business with Egypt."

(I use everyday language because of the weakness of your natural selves.) At one time you surrendered yourselves entirely as slaves to impurity and wickedness for wicked purposes. In the same way you must now surrender yourselves entirely as slaves of righteousness for holy purposes.

What did you gain from doing the things that you are now ashamed of ? The result of those things is death!

I was as stupid as an animal; I did not understand you.

When I look beside me, I see that there is no one to help me, no one to protect me. No one cares for me.

Come here to be judged, you sinners! You are no better than sorcerers, adulterers, and prostitutes.

"In my distress, O LORD, I called to you, and you answered me. From deep in the world of the dead I cried for help, and you heard me.

I thought I had been banished from your presence and would never see your holy Temple again.

I went down to the very roots of the mountains, into the land whose gates lock shut forever. But you, O LORD my God, brought me back from the depths alive.

Those who worship worthless idols have abandoned their loyalty to you.