^{14 Ref} For this cause I will again do a strange thing among this people, a thing to be wondered at: and the wisdom of their wise men will come to nothing, and the sense of their guides will no longer be seen.

^{15 Ref} Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?

^{16 Ref} You are turning things upside down! Is the wet earth the same to you as the one who is forming it? will the thing made say of him who made it, He made me not: or the thing formed say of him who gave it form, He has no knowledge?

^{17 Ref} In a very short time Lebanon will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will seem like a wood.

^{18 Ref} And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.

^{19 Ref} And the poor will have their joy in the Lord increased, and those in need will be glad in the Holy One of Israel.