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)