Isaiah 29:15-22

English Standard Version

¹⁵ Ah, ^(A)you who hide deep from the Lord your counsel,
    whose deeds are ^(B)in the dark,
    and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”
^16 (C)You turn things upside down!
Shall the potter be regarded as the clay,
that the thing made should say of its maker,
    “He did not make me”;
or the thing formed say of him who formed it,
    “He has no understanding”?

¹⁷ Is it not yet a very little while
    ^(D)until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field,
    and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest?
¹⁸ In that day ^(E)the deaf shall hear
    ^(F)the words of a book,
and out of their gloom and darkness
    ^(G)the eyes of the blind shall see.
^19 (H)The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord,
    and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.
²⁰ For the ruthless shall come to nothing
    and ^(I)the scoffer cease,
    and all who watch to do evil shall be cut off,
²¹ who by a word make a man out to be an offender,
    and ^(J)lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,
    and with an empty plea ^(K)turn aside him who is in the right.

“Jacob shall no more be ashamed,
    no more shall his face grow pale.