and a spectacle with this spectacular people.
And the wisdom of its wise men shall perish,
    and the discernment of its discerning ones shall keep itself hidden.”
¹⁵ Ah! Those who make a plan deep, to hide it from Yahweh,
    and their deeds are^[a] in a dark place.
And they say, “Who sees us?
    And who knows us?”
¹⁶ Your perversity!
    As if a potter^[b] shall be regarded as the clay!
That the product of its maker says,
    “He did not make me,”
and the thing made into shape says of its potter,^[c]
    “He has no understanding.”