Isaiah 45:9
Woe to him who contradicts his Maker, a mere shard from an earthen vessel! Should the clay say to the potter, “What are you making?” or, “Your work is not made by your hands?”
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In Context
10Woe to him who says to his father, “Why did you conceive?” or to a woman, “Why did you give birth?”
Cross References
Job 9:4He is understanding in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted him and yet had peace?
Job 10:9Remember, I ask you, that you have fashioned me like clay, and you will reduce me to dust.
Job 40:2Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.
Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, against the Lord and against his Christ:
Ecclesiastes 6:10Whoever shall be in the future, his name has already been called. And it is known that he is a man and that he is not able to contend in judgment against one who is stronger than himself.
Isaiah 29:16This intention of yours is perverse. It is as if the clay were to plan against the potter, or as if the work were to say to its maker: “You did not make me.” Or it is as if what has been formed were to say to the one who formed it, “You do not understand.”
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 45:6-11
The Divine Dominion. ( b. c. 708.) 5 I am the Lord , and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord , and there is none else. 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things. 8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth… Read the whole commentary →