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14 therefore, behold, I will proceed to do marvellously with this people, to do marvellously, even with wonder, and the wisdom of their wise [men] shall perish, and the understanding of their intelligent ones shall be hid.

15 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?

16 [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?

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14 Therefore once more I will astound these people
    with wonder upon wonder;(A)
the wisdom of the wise(B) will perish,
    the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.(C)
15 Woe to those who go to great depths
    to hide(D) their plans from the Lord,
who do their work in darkness and think,
    “Who sees us?(E) Who will know?”(F)
16 You turn things upside down,
    as if the potter were thought to be like the clay!(G)
Shall what is formed say to the one who formed(H) it,
    “You did not make me”?
Can the pot say to the potter,(I)
    “You know nothing”?(J)

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