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Isaiah 29:16 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 29 · verse 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?Isaiah 29:16 · King James Version
Isaiah 29:16 in context
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?
18And 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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Key words (Strong's)
- esteemedchâshabproperly, to plait or interpenetrateH2803 →
- potter'syâtsarto mould into a formH3335 →
- framedyêtsera formH3336 →
- claychômerproperly, a bubbling upH2563 →
- workmaʻăsehan actionH4639 →
- madeʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
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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