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14 Therefore, behold, once more I will do a marvelous work among this people—
a marvel and a wonder—
so the wisdom of their wise will perish,
and the discernment of their discerning will be concealed.”
15 Oy, those who go to great depths
    to hide their plans from Adonai!
Their works are in the dark.
They say, “Who sees us?
    Who knows us?”
16 Your perversity!
    Should the potter be regarded the same as the clay?
Should the thing made say to its maker,
    “You did not make me”?
Or the thing formed say of its former,
    “You have no understanding?”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 29:16 cf. Rom. 9:20.

14 Therefore once more I will astound these people
    with wonder upon wonder;(A)
the wisdom of the wise(B) will perish,
    the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.(C)
15 Woe to those who go to great depths
    to hide(D) their plans from the Lord,
who do their work in darkness and think,
    “Who sees us?(E) Who will know?”(F)
16 You turn things upside down,
    as if the potter were thought to be like the clay!(G)
Shall what is formed say to the one who formed(H) it,
    “You did not make me”?
Can the pot say to the potter,(I)
    “You know nothing”?(J)

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