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Do they really think that God cannot know what they have hidden, so dark and deep? They are sure to be surprised.

16 My goodness, how you’ve turned things around!
    You seem to think that the potter is equal to the clay;
Should the pot say about the potter, “He didn’t make me”?
    Or does the thing formed say about the one who formed it,
“He doesn’t understand anything”?
17 Surely you know that in just a little while
    the forests that clothe Lebanon will become rich fields
And the fields will be considered as valuable as the forests.
18 Then the deaf will hear the words read from a book,
    and darkness and gloom will fall from the eyes of the blind.

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

17 In a very short time,(E) will not Lebanon(F) be turned into a fertile field(G)
    and the fertile field seem like a forest?(H)
18 In that day(I) the deaf(J) will hear the words of the scroll,
    and out of gloom and darkness(K)
    the eyes of the blind will see.(L)

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