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Isaiah 29:16

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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.

15 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?

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?

18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.

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BSB
You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?
KJV
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?
WEB
You turn things upside down! Should the potter be thought to be like clay, that the thing made should say about him who made it, “He didn’t make me;” or the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?
ASV
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?
DARBY
[Oh] your perverseness! Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay, so that the work 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?
BLB
You⁺ have turned things upside down! Shall the potter be considered like clay? Shall the thing made say of the one making it “He did not make me”? Or the thing formed say of the one forming it “He does not understand”?
ÅB
Hvor forvendte dere er! - Er pottemakeren å akte som hans leire, så verket kunne si om ham som gjorde det: Han har ikke gjort meg, og det som er laget, si om ham som laget det: Han skjønner det ikke?
OTB
Dere snur den naturlige orden opp ned! Skal pottemakeren betraktes som det samme som leiren? Skal det som er laget si om sin skaper, “Han laget meg ikke,” eller skapelsen si om sin skaper, “Han mangler forståelse”?
B1930
Hvor forvendte I er! - Er pottemakeren å akte som hans ler, så verket kunde si om ham som gjorde det: Han har ikke gjort mig, og det som er laget, si om ham som laget det: Han skjønner det ikke?

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