15 Woe to those who go to great depths

to hidex their plans from the Lord,

who do their work in darkness and think,

“Who sees us?y Who will know?”z

16 You turn things upside down,

as if the potter were thought to be like the clay!a

Shall what is formed say to the one who formedb it,

“You did not make me”?

Can the pot say to the potter,c

“You know nothing”?d

17 In a very short time,e will not Lebanonf be turned into a fertile fieldg

and the fertile field seem like a forest?h

18 In that dayi the deafj will hear the words of the scroll,

and out of gloom and darknessk

the eyes of the blind will see.l

19 Once more the humblem will rejoice in the Lord;

the needyn will rejoice in the Holy Oneo of Israel.

20 The ruthlessp will vanish,q

the mockersr will disappear,

and all who have an eye for evils will be cut down—