Isaiah 29:15-21

15Woe to those who go to great lengths to hide their plans from the Lord. They do their works in the dark, and say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”

16You have turned things around, as if the potter were the same as the clay. How can what is made say about its maker, “He didn’t make me”? How can what is formed say about the one who formed it, “He doesn’t understand what he’s doing”?

17Isn’t it true that in just a little while Lebanon will become an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest?

18On that day the deaf will hear the words of a document, and out of a deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

19The humble will have joy after joy in the Lord, and the poor people will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

20For the ruthless one will vanish, the scorner will disappear, and all those who lie in wait with evil intent will be killed —

21those who, with their speech, accuse a person of wrongdoing, who set a trap for the one mediating at the city gate and without cause deprive the righteous of justice.