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
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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 →