11 And the whole vision is become unto you as the devarim of a sefer that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, now; and he saith, I am not able; for it is sealed;
12 And the sefer is delivered to him that with the sefer has no da'as, saying, Read this, now; and he saith, I cannot read this. With sefer I have no da'as.
13 Therefore Adonoi says, Forasmuch as this people draw near Me with their peh, and with their sfatayim do honor Me, but have removed their lev far from Me, and their fear toward Me is mitzvat anashim melummadah (human commandments taught by rote);
14 Therefore, hineni, I will again do an astonishing work among this people, even a marvellous work and a peleh (wonder); for the chochmah of their chachamim shall perish, and the binah (understanding) of their sages shall vanish.
15 Hoy (woe, doom) unto them that go to great depths to hide their etzah (plan) from Hashem, and their ma'asim are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? And who knoweth us?
16 Surely you have things turned around. Shall the Yotzer be esteemed as equal with the khomer (clay); for shall the ma'aseh say of him that made it, He made me not? Or shall the thing formed say of Him that formed it, He had no understanding?
17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Levanon shall be turned into a carmel, and the carmel shall be esteemed as a ya'ar (forest)?