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Isaiah 45:9

Woe to him that gainsayeth his maker, a sherd of the earthen pots: shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it: What art thou making, and thy work is without hands?

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

In Context

8Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the just: let the earth be opened, and bud forth a saviour: and let justice spring up together: I the Lord have created him.

10Woe to him that saith to his father: Why begettest thou? and to the woman: Why dost thou bring forth?

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Cross References

Job 9:4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace ?

Job 10:9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay, and thou wilt bring me into dust again.

Job 40:2Gird up thy loins like a man : I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.

Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, against the Lord and against his Christ.

Ecclesiastes 6:10He that shall be, his name is already called: and it is known, that he is man, and cannot contend in judgment with him that is stronger than himself.

Isaiah 29:16This thought of yours is perverse: as if the clay should think against the potter, and the work should say to the maker thereof: Thou madest me not: or the thing framed should say to him that fashioned it: Thou understandest not.

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 →

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