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Woeהוֹיto those who go deepהַמַּעֲמִיקִיםto hideלַסְתִּרtheir planעֵצָהfrom YHWH,מֵיהוָהand their worksמַעֲשֵׂיהֶםareוְהָיָהin the dark,בְמַחְשָׁךְand they say,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Whoמִיsees us?רֹאֵנוּAnd whoוּמִיknows us?”יוֹדְעֵנוּ
Isaiah 29:15
Study it in the app“Woe to those who go deep to hide their plan from YHWH, and their works are in the dark, and they say, “Who sees us? And who knows us?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 29:15, word by word
- Woeהוֹיhoy
woe
A cry of grief for the dead or a warning of disaster.
Where else “hoy” appears- to those who go deepמַּעֲמִיקִיםmaamikim
be deep
To be deep; figuratively, to be hard to fathom or understand. In the causative, to make deep.
Where else “maamikim” appears- to hideסְתִּרsetir
hide
To put someone or something out of sight, to keep it safe or to flee.
Where else “setir” appears- their planעֵצָהetsa
plan
What someone decides to do, above all YHWH, which stands.
Where else “etsa” appears- from YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appears- and their worksמַעֲשֵׂיmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- areהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- in the darkמַחְשָׁךְmachshach
dark place
Darkness, a hiding place in the dark.
Where else “machshach” appears- and they sayיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- sees usרֹאֵroe
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “roe” appears- knows usיוֹדְעֵyode
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “yode” appears
The context
14therefore look, I will again do wonders with this people, a wonder and a marvel; and the wisdom of its wise men will perish, and the understanding of its men of understanding will be hidden.”
15 · This verse (above)
16Your perversity! Is the potter to be regarded as the clay, that the thing made should say of its maker, “He did not make me,” and the vessel say of its potter, “He has no understanding”?