Isaiah 29:15-24

15How horrible it will be for those who try to hide their plans from the Lord. Their deeds are done in the dark, and they say, “No one can see us” and “No one can recognize us.”

16You turn things upside down! Is the potter no better than his clay? Can something that has been made say about its maker, “He didn’t make me”? Can a piece of pottery say about the potter, “He doesn’t understand”?

17In a very short time Lebanon will be turned into a fertile field and the fertile field will be considered a forest.

18When that day comes, the deaf will hear the words written in the book. The blind will see out of their gloom and darkness.

19Humble people again will find joy in the Lord. The poorest of people will find joy in the Holy One of Israel.

20Tyrants will be gone. Mockers will be finished. All who look for ways to do wrong will come to an end:

21those who make people sin with words, those who lay traps for judges, those who, without any reason, deny justice to people who are in the right.

22This is what the Lord, who saved Abraham, says about the descendants of Jacob: Jacob will no longer be ashamed. Jacob’s face will no longer turn pale.

23When they see all their children, the children I made with my hands, they will acknowledge my name as holy. They will treat the Holy One of Jacob as holy. They will stand in terror of the God of Israel.

24Then those who are wayward in spirit will gain understanding, and those who complain will accept instruction.