²⁰ “Gather together^(A) and come;
    assemble, you fugitives from the nations.
Ignorant^(B) are those who carry^(C) about idols of wood,
    who pray to gods that cannot save.^(D)

⁵ Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,
    their idols cannot speak;^(A)
they must be carried
    because they cannot walk.^(B)
Do not fear them;
    they can do no harm^(C)
    nor can they do any good.”^(D)

¹⁷ From the rest he makes a god, his idol;
    he bows down to it and worships.^(A)
He prays^(B) to it and says,
    “Save^(C) me! You are my god!”
¹⁸ They know nothing, they understand^(D) nothing;
    their eyes^(E) are plastered over so they cannot see,
    and their minds closed so they cannot understand.
¹⁹ No one stops to think,
    no one has the knowledge or understanding^(F) to say,
“Half of it I used for fuel;^(G)
    I even baked bread over its coals,
    I roasted meat and I ate.
Shall I make a detestable^(H) thing from what is left?
    Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”^(I)
20 Such a person feeds on ashes;^(J) a deluded^(K) heart misleads him;
    he cannot save himself, or say,
    “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?^(L)”

⁹ All the nations gather together^(A)
    and the peoples assemble.
Which of their gods foretold^(B) this
    and proclaimed to us the former things?
Let them bring in their witnesses to prove they were right,
    so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”