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Isaiah 45:9

Woe to him that contendeth with his Maker! A potsherd of the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? Or thy work say of thee, He hath no hands?

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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

8Pour forth, ye heavens, from above; Ye clouds, shower down prosperity! Let the earth open, and bring forth salvation; Yea, let righteousness spring up together! I, Jehovah, create it.

10Woe to him that saith to his father, Why dost thou beget? Or to his mother, Why dost thou bring forth?

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Cross References

Job 9:4He is excellent in wisdom, mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?

Job 10:9O remember that thou hast moulded me as clay! And wilt thou bring me again to dust?

Job 40:2Will the censurer of the Almighty contend with him? Will the reprover of God answer?

Psalms 2:2Why do the kings of the earth rise up, And the princes combine together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed king?

Ecclesiastes 6:10That which is was long ago called by name; and it was known that he is a man, and that he cannot contend with Him who is mightier than he.

Isaiah 29:16Alas, your perverseness! Is the potter to be esteemed as the clay, That the work should say of its maker, He made me not? And the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath 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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