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Isaiah 29:15 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 29 · verse 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?Isaiah 29:15 · King James Version
Isaiah 29:15 in context
13Wherefore 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:
14Therefore, 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.
15Woe 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?
16Surely 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?
17Is 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?
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Key words (Strong's)
- counselʻêtsâhadviceH6098 →
- worksmaʻăsehan actionH4639 →
- seethrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- deepʻâmaqto be deepH6009 →
- hideçâtharto hide , literally or figurativelyH5641 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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Here, I. The prophet stands amazed at the stupidity of the greatest part of the Jewish nation. They had Levites, who taught the good knowledge of the Lord and had encouragement from Hezekiah in doing so, Ch2 30:22.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-16