And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?

None considereth in his heart - literally, layeth it to heart (cf. ; ).

Shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? - the scriptural term for an idol: not merely abominable, but the essence of what is so in the eyes of a jealous God (; ).

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