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15 How terrible it will be for people who try hard
    to hide their plans from the Lord!
They do their work in darkness.
    They think, “Who sees us? Who will know?”
16 They turn everything upside down.
    How silly they are to think that potters are like the clay they work with!
Can what is made say to the one who made it,
    “You didn’t make me”?
Can the pot say to the potter,
    “You don’t know anything”?

17 In a very short time, Lebanon will be turned into rich farm lands.
    The rich farm lands will seem like a forest.

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15 Woe to those who go to great depths
    to hide(A) their plans from the Lord,
who do their work in darkness and think,
    “Who sees us?(B) Who will know?”(C)
16 You turn things upside down,
    as if the potter were thought to be like the clay!(D)
Shall what is formed say to the one who formed(E) it,
    “You did not make me”?
Can the pot say to the potter,(F)
    “You know nothing”?(G)

17 In a very short time,(H) will not Lebanon(I) be turned into a fertile field(J)
    and the fertile field seem like a forest?(K)

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