16 Surely you have things turned around!
Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay;
For shall the ^athing made say of him who made it,
“He did not make me”?
Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it,
“He has no understanding”? ‡

17 Is it not yet a very little while
Till ^aLebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field,
And the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest? ‡

19 ^aThe humble also shall increase their joy in the Lord,
And ^bthe poor among men shall rejoice
In the Holy One of Israel. ‡

20 For the¹ terrible one is brought to nothing,
^aThe scornful one is consumed,
And all who ^bwatch for iniquity are cut off— ‡