Isaiah 29:15

Woe to those who deeply hide their plans from Yahweh, 1 and whose deeds are in darkness. They say, “Who sees us, and who knows us?” 1

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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, see, I will proceed to do a marvelous thing among this people, wonder after wonder. 1 The wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will disappear.” 1

16You turn things upside down! Should the potter be considered like clay, 1 so that the thing that is made should say about him who made it, “He did not make me,” 1 or the thing formed say about him who formed it, “He does not understand”? 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 11:27When her sorrow passed, David sent and took her home to his palace, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But what David had done displeased Yahweh.

Job 22:13You say, 'What does God know? 1 Can he judge through the thick darkness? 1

Job 34:22There is no darkness, no thick gloom 1 where the doers of iniquity may hide themselves. 1

Psalms 59:7See, they belch out with their mouths; 1 swords are in their lips, 1 for they say, “Who hears us?” 1

Psalms 73:11They say, “How does God know? 1 Is there knowledge with the Most High?” 1

Psalms 139:1Yahweh, you have examined me, and you know me. 1

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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