Isaiah 29:14-16
New Living Translation
14 Because of this, I will once again astound these hypocrites
with amazing wonders.
The wisdom of the wise will pass away,
and the intelligence of the intelligent will disappear.”
15 What sorrow awaits those who try to hide their plans from the Lord,
who do their evil deeds in the dark!
“The Lord can’t see us,” they say.
“He doesn’t know what’s going on!”
16 How foolish can you be?
He is the Potter, and he is certainly greater than you, the clay!
Should the created thing say of the one who made it,
“He didn’t make me”?
Does a jar ever say,
“The potter who made me is stupid”?
Isaiah 29:14-16
International Standard Version
14 Therefore, watch out!
“As for me,[a] I will once again
do amazing things with this people,
wonder upon wonder.
The wisdom of their wise men will perish,
and the insights[b] of their discerning men will stay hidden.”
A Rebuke to the Deceptive
15 “How terrible it will be for you who go to great depths
to hide your plans from the Lord,
you whose deeds have been[c] done[d] in the dark,
and who say, ‘Who can see us?
Who has recognized[e] us?’
16 He has turned the tables on you[f]—
as if the potter were thought to be like heat.[g]
Can what is made say of the one who made it,
‘He did not make me?’
Or can what is formed say of the ones[h] who formed it,
‘He has no skill?’
Footnotes
- Isaiah 29:14 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks as for me
- Isaiah 29:14 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read insight
- Isaiah 29:15 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read deeds are (or will be)
- Isaiah 29:15 DSS MT lack done
- Isaiah 29:15 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read recognizes
- Isaiah 29:16 So 1QIsaa; MT reads You turn things upside down!
- Isaiah 29:16 I.e. the fire in a kiln; so 1QIsaa; MT LXX read clay
- Isaiah 29:16 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read one
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