Isaiah 45:9

Woe unto him that quarreleth with his Yotzer — a potsherd among the potsherds of adamah. 1 Shall the chomer (clay) say to the Yotzer of it, 1 What art Thou making? 1 Or Thy po'al (work) hath no handles? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

8Cause [the rain] to trickle down, ye Shomayim, from above, 1 and let the blue sky pour down tzedek; 1 let eretz open, 1 and let Yesha (salvation) blossom, 1 and let tzedakah (righteousness) tatzmiach (spring up; Tzemach) together; 1 I Hashem have created it. 1

10Woe unto him that saith unto his Av: 1 What begettest thou? 1 Or to the isha: 1 What hast thou given birth to? 1

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Cross References

Job 9:4G-d is chochom in lev, and mighty in ko'ach; 1 who hath hardened himself to defy Him and remained unhurt? 1

Job 10:9Remember, now, that Thou hast molded me like the chomer (clay), 1 and wilt Thou turn me into aphar again? 1

Job 40:2Shall he that contendeth with Shaddai correct him? 1 The mokhiach Eloah (rebuker of G-d), let him answer it. 1

Psalms 2:2The Malchei Eretz rise up in rebellion, 1 and the rulers take counsel together 1 against Hashem and against His Moshiach, saying, 1

Ecclesiastes 6:10That which is, its shem hath already been named, and it is known what adam shall be; neither may he contend with what is stronger than he.

Isaiah 29:16Surely you have things turned around. 1 Shall the Yotzer be esteemed as equal with the khomer (clay); 1 for shall the ma'aseh say of him that made it, 1 He made me not? 1 Or shall the thing formed say of Him that formed it, 1 He had no understanding? 1

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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