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Hope for the Future

15 It is bad for those who try to hide their plans from the Lord, and whose works are done in a dark place. They say, “Who sees us?” or, “Who knows us?” 16 You turn things up-side-down! Is the pot-maker the same as the clay? Should what is made say to its maker, “He did not make me”? Should what is made say to him who made it, “He has no understanding”?

17 Is it not yet a very little while before Lebanon will be turned into a rich good field? The rich good field will be thought of as being full of many trees.

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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)
16 You turn things upside down,
    as if the potter were thought to be like the clay!(D)
Shall what is formed say to the one who formed(E) it,
    “You did not make me”?
Can the pot say to the potter,(F)
    “You know nothing”?(G)

17 In a very short time,(H) will not Lebanon(I) be turned into a fertile field(J)
    and the fertile field seem like a forest?(K)

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