15 Woe to those who deeply (A)hide their [a]plans from the Lord,
And whose (B)deeds are done in a dark place,
And they say, “(C)Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?”

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  1. Isaiah 29:15 Lit counsel

15 Woe to those who go to great depths
    to hide(A) their plans from the Lord,
who do their work in darkness and think,
    “Who sees us?(B) Who will know?”(C)

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Their webs will not become clothing,
Nor will they (A)cover themselves with their works;
Their (B)works are works of wrongdoing,
And an (C)act of violence is in their [a]hands.

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  1. Isaiah 59:6 Lit palms

Their cobwebs are useless for clothing;
    they cannot cover themselves with what they make.(A)
Their deeds are evil deeds,
    and acts of violence(B) are in their hands.

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Both your own (A)wrongdoings and the wrongdoings of your fathers together,” says the Lord.
“Because they have (B)burned incense on the mountains
And (C)scorned Me on the hills,
Therefore I will (D)measure their former work [a]into their laps.”

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  1. Isaiah 65:7 I.e., individually and fully

both your sins(A) and the sins of your ancestors,”(B)
    says the Lord.
“Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains
    and defied me on the hills,(C)
I will measure into their laps
    the full payment(D) for their former deeds.”

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18 “For I [a]know their works and their (A)thoughts; [b]the time is coming to (B)gather all the nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory.

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  1. Isaiah 66:18 As in LXX; know not found in MT
  2. Isaiah 66:18 Lit it is coming

18 “And I, because of what they have planned and done,(A) am about to come[a] and gather the people of all nations(B) and languages, and they will come and see my glory.(C)

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  1. Isaiah 66:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.

You who hate good and love evil,
Who (A)tear off their skin from them
And their flesh from their bones,
Who (B)eat the flesh of my people,
Strip off their skin from them,
Smash their bones,
And (C)chop them up as for the pot,
And as meat in a cauldron!”
Then they will (D)cry out to the Lord,
But He will not answer them.
Instead, He will (E)hide His face from them at that time
Because they have (F)practiced evil deeds.

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    you who hate good and love evil;
who tear the skin from my people
    and the flesh from their bones;(A)
who eat my people’s flesh,(B)
    strip off their skin
    and break their bones in pieces;(C)
who chop(D) them up like meat for the pan,
    like flesh for the pot?(E)

Then they will cry out to the Lord,
    but he will not answer them.(F)
At that time he will hide his face(G) from them
    because of the evil they have done.(H)

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