13 The Lord says:‘These people come near to me with their mouthand honour me with their lips,but their hearts are far from me.Their worship of meis based on merely human rules they have been taught.
14 Therefore once more I will astound these peoplewith wonder upon wonder;the wisdom of the wise will perish,the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.’
15 Woe to those who go to great depthsto hide their plans from the Lord,who do their work in darkness and think,‘Who sees us? Who will know?’
16 You turn things upside down,as if the potter were thought to be like the clay!Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,‘You did not make me’?Can the pot say to the potter,‘You know nothing’?
17 In a very short time, will not Lebanon be turned into a fertile fieldand the fertile field seem like a forest?
18 In that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll,and out of gloom and darknessthe eyes of the blind will see.
19 Once more the humble will rejoice in the Lord;the needy will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.