Isaiah 45:9

What excellent thing have I prepared as clay of the potter? Will the plowman plow the earth all day? shall the clay say to the potter, What art thou doing that thou dost not work, nor hast hands? shall the thing formed answer him that formed it?

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

8Let the heaven rejoice from above, and let the clouds rain righteousness: let the earth bring forth, and blossom with mercy, and bring forth righteousness likewise: I am the Lord that created thee.

10As though one should say to his father, What wilt thou beget me? and to his mother, What art thou bringing forth?

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Cross References

Job 9:4For he is wise in mind, and mighty, and great: 1 Who has hardened himself against him and endured? 1

Job 10:9Remember that thou hast made me as clay, 1 And thou dost turn me again to earth. 1

Job 40:2Will anyone pervert judgment with the Mighty One? 1 And he that reproves God, let him return it for answer. 1

Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth stood up, 1 And the rulers gathered themselves together, 1 Against the Lord, and against his Christ; 1

Ecclesiastes 6:10If anything has been, its name has already been called: 1 And it is known what man is; 1 Neither can he contend with him who is stronger than he. 1

Isaiah 29:16Shall ye not be counted as clay of the potter? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Thou didst not form me? or the work to the maker, Thou hast not made me wisely?

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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