Isaiah 42:17-19

New International Reader's Version

¹⁷ Some people trust in statues of gods.
    They say to them, ‘You are our gods.’
But they will be dishonored.
    They will be put to shame.

¹⁸ “Israel, listen to me! You can hear,
    but you do not understand.
Look to me! You can see,
    but you do not know what you are seeing.
¹⁹ The people of Israel serve me. But who is more blind than they are?
    Who is more deaf than the messengers I send?
Who is more blind than the one who has promised to be faithful to me?
    Who is more blind than the servant of the Lord?