Verse 16
Isaiah 29:16
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding?
Original Language Text
hebrew
הַ֨פְכְּ/כֶ֔ם אִם כְּ/חֹ֥מֶר הַ/יֹּצֵ֖ר יֵֽחָשֵׁ֑ב כִּֽי יֹאמַ֨ר מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה לְ/עֹשֵׂ֨/הוּ֙ לֹ֣א עָשָׂ֔/נִי וְ/יֵ֛צֶר אָמַ֥ר לְ/יוֹצְר֖/וֹ לֹ֥א הֵבִֽין
English Translation
"Will you say to your maker, 'He did not make me,' or to the potter, 'He does not understand?'"
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Chapter 29 Context
1
Ho Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! add ye year to year; let the feasts come round:
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then will I distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and lamentation; and she shall be unto me as...
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And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with posted troops, and...
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And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out o...
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But the multitude of thy foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as ch...
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She shall be visited of Jehovah of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with wh...
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And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and h...
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And it shall be as when a hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul...
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9
Tarry ye and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stag...
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10
For Jehovah hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes, the prophe...
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11
And all vision is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one th...
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and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith,...
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13
And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh unto me, and with their mouth and with their l...
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14
therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work an...
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15
Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that s...
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Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of...
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Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitf...
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And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out o...
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The meek also shall increase their joy in Jehovah, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy...
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For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scoffer ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniq...
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that make a man an offender in his cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and tu...
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Therefore thus saith Jehovah, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not n...
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But when he seeth his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my na...
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They also that err in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmur shall receive instruc...
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