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Isaiah 45:9

Woe unto him that contendeth with the one who formed him—a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

Leeser Tanakh

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 ye heavens, and let the skies distil blessing; let the earth open and let them [all] be fruitful of prosperity, and let righteousness spring up likewise: I the Lord have created it.

10Woe unto him that saith unto [his] father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What bringest thou forth?

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Cross References

Job 9:4He is wise of heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and escaped unscathed?

Job 10:9Remember, I beseech thee, that as though I were clay hast thou made me; and wilt thou cause me to return again unto the dust?

Job 40:2Will he that contendeth with the Almighty yet find fault? him that reproveth God answer this.

Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth raise themselves up, and rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed:

Ecclesiastes 6:10That which hath been is already called by its name, and it is known that he is a man: and he is not able to contend with him that is mightier than he.

Isaiah 29:16Oh your perverseness! shall the potter be esteemed as the clay? that the work shall say of its maker, He hath not made me? or shall the thing framed say of its framer, He had no understanding?

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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