Verse 15
Isaiah 29:15
New Living Translation
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What sorrow awaits those who try to hide their plans from the LORD,<br>who do their evil deeds in the dark!<br>“The LORD can’t see us,” they say.<br>“He doesn’t know what’s going on!”<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
ה֛וֹי הַ/מַּעֲמִיקִ֥ים מֵֽ/יהוָ֖ה לַ/סְתִּ֣ר עֵצָ֑ה וְ/הָיָ֤ה בְ/מַחְשָׁךְ֙ מַֽעֲשֵׂי/הֶ֔ם וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ מִ֥י רֹאֵ֖/נוּ וּ/מִ֥י יוֹדְעֵֽ/נוּ
English Translation
Woe to those who deepen from the Lord to hide counsel, and their deeds are in darkness, and they say, "Who sees us and who knows us?"
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Chapter 29 Context
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Yet I will bring disaster upon you,<br>and there will be much weeping and sorrow.<br>For Jerusalem w...
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3
I will be your enemy,<br>surrounding Jerusalem and attacking its walls.<br>I will build siege towers...
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4
Then deep from the earth you will speak;<br>from low in the dust your words will come.<br>Your voice...
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5
“But suddenly, your ruthless enemies will be crushed<br>like the finest of dust.<br>Your many attack...
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6
I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, will act for you<br>with thunder and earthquake and great noise,<br>...
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7
All the nations fighting against Jerusalem<br>will vanish like a dream!<br>Those who are attacking h...
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8
A hungry person dreams of eating<br>but wakes up still hungry.<br>A thirsty person dreams of drinkin...
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9
Are you amazed and incredulous?<br>Don’t you believe it?<br>Then go ahead and be blind.<br>You are s...
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10
For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep.<br>He has closed the eyes of your prophet...
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11
All the future events in this vision are like a sealed book to them. When you give it to those who c...
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12
When you give it to those who cannot read, they will say, “We don’t know how to read.”
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13
And so the Lord says,<br>“These people say they are mine.<br>They honor me with their lips,<br>but t...
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14
Because of this, I will once again astound these hypocrites<br>with amazing wonders.<br>The wisdom o...
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15
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16
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17
Soon — and it will not be very long —<br>the forests of Lebanon will become a fertile field,<br>and...
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18
In that day the deaf will hear words read from a book,<br>and the blind will see through the gloom a...
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19
The humble will be filled with fresh joy from the LORD.<br>The poor will rejoice in the Holy One of...
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20
The scoffer will be gone,<br>the arrogant will disappear,<br>and those who plot evil will be killed....
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21
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22
That is why the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, says to the people of Israel, “My people will no longer...
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23
For when they see their many children<br>and all the blessings I have given them,<br>they will recog...
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24
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