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14 so I will again do
    amazing things with this people,
    shocking and amazing.
The wisdom of their wise shall perish,
    and the discernment of the discerning shall be hidden.(A)

15 Woe to those who hide a plan too deep for the Lord,
    whose deeds are in the dark,
    and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”(B)
16 You turn things upside down!
    Shall the potter be regarded as the clay?
Shall the thing made say of its maker,
    “He did not make me,”
or the thing formed say of the one who formed it,
    “He has no understanding”?(C)

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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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