Isaiah 29:15

Woe to them that hide deep their purposes from Jehovah, Whose work is in darkness; That say, Who seeth us? Who knoweth us?

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

In Context

14Therefore, behold, I will proceed to deal marvellously with this people; Marvellously and wonderfully, For the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, And the prudence of the prudent shall be hid.

16Alas, your perverseness! Is the potter to be esteemed as the clay, That the work should say of its maker, He made me not? And the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding?

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Cross References

Job 22:13Hence thou sayest, “What doth God know? Can he govern behind the thick darkness?

Job 34:22There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, Where evil-doers may hide themselves.

Psalms 59:7Behold! with their mouths they belch out malice; Swords are upon their lips; “For who,” say they, “will hear?”

Psalms 73:11And they say, “How doth God know? How can there be knowledge with the Most High?”

Psalms 139:1“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” O LORD! thou hast searched me and known me!

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 29:10-17

Threatenings against Judah. ( b. c. 725.) 9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. 10 For the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. 11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is… Read the whole commentary →

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