What Does Isaiah 29:16 Mean?

“Surely your turning of things upside down”

an upset, i.e., (abstract) perversity

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

“clay”

properly, a bubbling up, i.e., of water, a wave; hence, a chomer or dry measure

“as the potter's”

to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e., form a resolution)

“shall be esteemed”

properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a maliciou

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“say”

to say (used with great latitude)

“for shall the work”

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

“it He made”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“it He made”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

“me not or shall the thing framed”

a form; figuratively, conception (i.e., purpose)

“say”

to say (used with great latitude)

“as the potter's”

to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e., form a resolution)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“it He had no understanding”

to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e., (generally) understand