16. Surely you turn things upside down!Shall the potter be esteemed as the potter’s clay?Shall what is made say to its maker,“He did not make me”?Or shall the thing formed say to him who formed it,“He has no understanding”?
17. Is it not yet a very little while before Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field,and the fruitful field shall be counted as a forest?
18. And on that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book,and the eyes of the blind shall seeout of obscurity and darkness.
19. The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord,and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
20. For the ruthless shall come to nothing,and the scorner will be consumed,and all who are intent on doing iniquity shall be cut off—
21. those who cause a man to be indicted by a word,and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,and turn aside the righteous with meaningless arguments.
22. Therefore thus says the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed,nor shall his face now turn pale;
23. but when he sees his children,the work of My hands, in his midst,they shall sanctify My nameand sanctify the Holy One of Jacob,and fear the God of Israel.
24. Those also who err in spirit shall know the truth,and those who murmured shall accept instruction.