Isaiah 29:15

Integrity Sin

¹³ Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

¹⁴ Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

¹⁶ Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

¹⁷ Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
KJV: Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
WEB: Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from the LORD, and whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us?” and “Who knows us?”
ASV: Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
DARBY: Woe unto them that hide deep, far from Jehovah, their counsel! And their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
BLB: Wo [to] those going deep from YHWH to hide their counsel. And their works are in darkness, and they say, “Who sees us and who knows us?”

ÅB: Ve dem som vil skjule i det dype for Herren hva de har fore, og hvis gjerninger skjer i mørke, og som sier: Hvem ser oss, og hvem kjenner oss?
OTB: Ve dem som søker dypt for å skjule sitt råd fra Herren, hvis gjerninger gjøres i mørket, og som sier, “Hvem ser oss? Hvem kjenner oss?”
B1930: Ve dem som vil skjule i det dype for Herren hvad de har fore, og hvis gjerninger skjer i mørke, og som sier: Hvem ser oss, og hvem kjenner oss?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 8:12
Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
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Isaiah 47:10
For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.
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Isaiah 30:1
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
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Psalms 94:7–9
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
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Zephaniah 1:12
And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
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Ezekiel 9:9
Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.
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Psalms 139:1–8
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
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Psalms 59:7
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
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